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Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine |
14 February 2012 – United
Nations Member States must boost economic empowerment for women to help them
realize the global community’s common goals, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose
Migiro urged today, warning that gender discrimination around the world was
still too widespread.
“Too many countries still have discriminatory laws on the books.
Laws that prevent women from inheriting property, laws that restrict women’s
freedom, and laws that undermine women’s rights are all laws that must be
repealed,” Ms. Migiro said in her closing remarks to the
Non-Aligned Movement’s (NAM) ministerial meeting on the advancement of women in
Doha, Qatar.
Spotlighting the struggles faced by women in rural communities
around the world, Ms. Migiro also urged governments to economically empower
women living in the countryside, noting that the issue was particularly
“critical” in NAM states.
“All too often, we find the worst poverty in the countryside.