2012 International Women’s Day: Overcoming Inequality

PoliticsSince 1975, every March 8, International Women’s Day celebrates the invaluable contributions that women offer to economic growth, securing peace and social progress worldwide. The challenge this year is to “invest in rural women. Eliminate discrimination against them in law and in practice. Ensure that policies respond to their needs. Give them equal access to resources. Provide rural women with a role in decision-making,” the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says. Women represent more than half of the world rural working …