Countries are more peaceful and prosperous where there is a high level of gender equality. That was something emphazied by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues at the president Barack Obamas administration. " Investing in women gives extra ordinary pay offs for all society" she said. Verveer pointed out the key role for (female) journalist to tell women's stories such as The city of Joy in Congo where women can regain dignity and possibilities after being raped and then go back to empower their communities.
She saluted IWMF for global report "It mirrors so many other studies." Verveeer also pointed out that no where is the gender gap closed. The full speech can be found here.
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