I know what discrimination is. My sister is 72; she is now learning to read

Lakhdar Brahimi shares his personal experiences of the importance of education for women and girls.

Poverty will never be removed without the participation of women

Ela Bhatt argues that the work of women must be recognised, recorded and enhanced if poverty is ever to be tackled effectively.

Traditional practices put women in positions of inferiority

Graça Machel argues that through their creation of a hierarchical relationship between men and women, traditional practices have contributed to the discrimination of women and girls.