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15/03/2016

‘The World Is Still Full of Inequalities and Injustices for Women and Girls’

Human Wrongs Watch

At the opening of the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations officials on 14 March 2016 highlighted the progress made in achieving gender equality, while calling on the world to do much more to fight for women and girls’ rights.

Marching in New York City for gender equality. Photo: UN Women/J Carrier

“When I see all of you – from so many different countries, with so much experience and such strong commitment – I know we can achieve full equality for all women, everywhere,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told hundreds of participants attending the opening of the two-week annual session at UN Headquarters in New York.

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