Gender equality is key to achieving the MDGs / Joanne Sandler.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Sandler, Joanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Local Subjects:

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 pages)

Contained In:

UN Chronicle Vol. 44, no. 4, p. 25-27 44:4<25 1564-3913

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

One of nine children growing up from a small town in an African country, Meaza was told: "Oh, you're so smart and have so much potential, it's too bad you're not a boy." But her mother, who was illiterate, believed her children deserved better. "When I think of my mother, I think about how women are prevented from reaching their potential", she says. "If you're illiterate and send five kids to college, you must have a lot of unused potential." Today, Meaza is a lawyer and a leader in legal advocacy to promote women's rights.

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