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The progress of the world’s women: in pursuit of justice

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English
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UN Women
Publication Date: 
2011
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New York, NY, USA

Highlights a tragic paradox for the majority of women: while the past century has seen a transformation in women’s legal rights, with countries in every region expanding the scope of women’s legal entitlements, the laws that exist on paper do not translate to equality and justice for most of the world’s women.

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UN Women
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http://progress.unwomen.org/
http://progress.unwomen.org/pdfs/EN-Report-Progress.pdf
http://progress.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/EN-Summary-Progress-of-the-Worlds-Women1.pdf
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Includes bibliographical references.