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VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG
Quoted: The urgency of empowering women and girls around the world
February 4, 2013
By The IRC
A Somali woman and child in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya.
Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
Secretary Hillary Clinton's support for gender equality at the U.S. State Department lives on with a White House directive to strengthen that work:
"...As long as women and girls continue to suffer violence daily, are barred from owning land or running for office, are kept from schools and vital health services, and are unable to access credit and skills to run businesses and earn a living, our work will continue with increasing urgency."
- Presidential advisors Valerie Jarrett and Samantha Power in a post on The White House Blog: President Obama Signs New Directive to Strengthen our Work to Advance Gender Equality Worldwide.
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