Calling for stronger committment from governments worldwide, women say they are worse off today than 10 years ago, when the platform for action was set forth at the UN conference on women in Beijing. Equality of education is still sorely lacking in Africa and in the Middle East, sex trafficking continues, women have only marginal representation in government, and access to reproductive health service is dismal--kicked while it's down by Bush's Global Gag Rule.
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In recognition of progressive change enacted by women, Amy Goodman interviewed Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of Kenya's Green Belt movement on Democracy Now.
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