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From UNFPA Publication - Delivering
on the Promise of Equality:
Strategic Framework on Gender
Mainstreaming & Women's Empowerment 2008-2011
UNFINISHED AGENDA OF THE 21ST
CENTURY
UNEQUAL STATUS, FREEDOMS &
OPPORTUNITIES OF WOMEN & GIRLS
At the dawn of the 21st Century,
humanity continues to witness massive human rights violations in the form of
discrimination and violence against half of the world's population. The unequal
status, freedoms and opportunities afforded to women and girls exist to a
greater or lesser degree in every society and country of the world and
regrettably, all too often taken for granted as "normal" aspects of
society and human relations.
The widespread and deleterious
effects of gender inequality on individuals, families, communities and
countries remain largely invisible and underestimated.
Despite a solid evidence base
demonstrating the centrality of women's empowerment and gender equality to
poverty reduction and development, and to unraveling the world's most pressing
global challenges, including HIV and AIDS; and despite universal promises of
equality made at the highest levels of government, gender equality remains an
unfinished agenda for the 21st Century....
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