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Underestimating women's work
News, Trini Leung, Published on 06/06/2016
» The growth of Asia is such that it has attracted praise, including the sensational "economic miracle". And the numbers seem to tell the truth: Asia grew at an average of 6% a year between 1990 and 2015, based on data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But this growth has a dark secret: it was built on the backs of poor women labouring under abysmal working conditions for wages which were low by themselves, and were lower compared to men's. Women had become to multinationals a means to an end, in the words of feminist Gita Sen.
Leaders are setting a self-serving agenda
News, Published on 16/02/2016
» In a conversation last year with author Marilynn Robinson, US President Barack Obama said he learns all things important from books.