Women of the World
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- See more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/we-need-to-talk-about-women#sthash.EFPWZqqt.dpThe last century has seen women make huge strides in overcoming gender discrimination. But progress has been patchy. All too often women remain marginalised and their voices go unheard or they are barred, through the culturally-embedded barriers of the glass ceiling, from the highest levels of decision-making. In the UK, just 22 per cent of MPs, 16 per cent of high court judges and 12 per cent of council leaders are women. Only 5 per cent of editors of national papers are female.The last century has seen women make huge strides in overcoming gender discrimination. But progress has been patchy. All too often women remain marginalised and their voices go unheard or they are barred, through the culturally-embedded barriers of the glass ceiling, from the highest levels of decision-making. In the UK, just 22 per cent of MPs, 16 per cent of high court judges and 12 per cent of council leaders are women. Only 5 per cent of editors of national papers are female.
A key figure in the struggle for women’s rights as a global challenge requiring urgent attention will be at Cambridge University next week to give a series of public talks addressing gender issues. Melanne Verveer, who will be at the University as Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights, has just stepped down as the first US Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues, an appointment created by President Obama in 2009 to advance women’s progress around the globe through US foreign policy.
She will give lectures on a range of gender-related topics on 4 March, 6 March and 7 March. The series will conclude with a symposium on 11 March. All events are free and open to the public. Attendance at the symposium is limited and requires advance registration.
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