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UN: Gender discrimination costs Asia-Pacific economies tens of billions per year
Discrimination against women hampers progress in alleviating world poverty and costs Asia-Pacific economies tens of billions of dollars a year, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. “Gender discrimination blocks progress. Equality makes it possible to achieve huge breakthroughs,” Ban told an international meeting for young female leaders during a visit to his native South Korea. Women make…
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There was an interesting story a few months ago here in Brooklyn about a privately owned company that serves the public that was engaging in discrimination against women. Women who ride the B110 bus in Brooklyn can’t sit where they want unless they’re okay with being berated by Orthodox Jewish…
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