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The Story of The Elders
… Find out more about The Elders' work in Cyprus … Girls Not Brides: Ending Child Marriage … to our work, from human rights and peacebuilding to gender equality and justice for all.” - Mary Robinson …
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Women, religion, violence and power
… “There’s no possible way to find a verse in the Bible where Jesus indicates any … believes that violence and discrimination against women and girls is “the greatest human rights violation that I’ve … to be sustainable, the issues of climate change, gender equality and food security must all go hand-in-hand."Mary …
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The Elders speak: Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson
… the World's Religions on the 'Religious Imperative for the Equality of Women and Girls.' I was intrigued and wanted to find out more about the Elders' work, particularly about …
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Closing the gender gap
… to be sustainable, the issues of climate change, gender equality and food security must all go hand-in-hand." Mary … century. It is no surprise, then, that equality for girls and women is a core focus of our work as The … change compounds these problems. Women with fewer rights find it more difficult to adapt to changing weather patterns …
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Women's rights must not be taken for granted
… "Why is it so important to promote and safeguard gender equality? It is a matter of human rights. It is a matter of … remember a Norway, in the 1950s, when role expectations of girls and boys were still very different and still mostly … empowerment, care and work. Each country has to find its own path. But if we want to ensure both women’s …
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The best hope for sustainable peace: women
… her country. But for countless millions of women and girls, there is little that we can celebrate. The situations they find themselves in are truly intolerable. Women make up most … world say that it is important for “women to have full equality of rights compared to men,” with most believing …
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Forthright and feminist: Norway's first woman leader
… members out of 18 in her second cabinet. (Norway’s Gender Equality Act – originally enacted in 1978 – was amended … as trying to eradicate child marriage by 2030 through Girls Not Brides . What are the root causes of the … a conclusion. So, it was not that I could not compromise to find common ground; this is an essential part of getting …
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Gro Harlem Brundtland and Malala receive Catalonia Prize
… In that history, a few years before I was born, we also find Catalonia, the land and symbol of the fight for freedom … convictions, deeply held values of solidarity, justice and equality. As I entered my teens, I was already very much … of persistent, often forgotten discrimination against girls and women – child marriage. Here we see …
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