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In this file photo, Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (OHCHR), speaks about the engagement on global issues pertaining to violence against women and girls, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, June 23, 2023. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
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Biases against women preventing global gender equality, UN says

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[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. goal of achieving gender equality by 2030 is impossible to attain because of deeply rooted biases against women around the world in heath, education, employment and the halls of power, the United Nations said in a report Thursday. “The world is failing women and girls,” UN Women, the agency promoting gender equality, and the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs said in “The Gender Snapshot 2023” report. According…

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