Women’s Day: No women? No development!

GPE media coverage - March 08, 2016 | Source: EurActiv

Girl in class answers questions using a mini chalkboard, GPE/Natasha Graham

In this article, Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, emphasizes the crucial role of women and girls in a society’s social and economic development and highlights the work that the Global Partnership for Education and other organizations are doing to achieve gender equality.

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Focus areas: Gender equality

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