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On 100th International Women’s Day, UN Warns That Discrimination Still Endures

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 March 2011 – One hundred years after more than a million women poured out onto the streets around the world on the first International Women’s Day, the United Nations used the anniversary today to warn that despite the gains made much remains to be done to eliminate gender discrimination.

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“In too many countries and societies, women remain second-class citizens,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message. “Although the gender gap in education…

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