The oppression of women is not just a women's issue; it's a stability issue, a security issue and an equity issue, says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.A member of the Singapore Press Holdings group, The Business Times describes itself as "as South-east Asia's leading business daily, [which] brings to its readers each day a comprehensive and concise package of corporate, financial, economic and political news, analysis and commentary."
It is also a human rights and economic issue, we might add. It has been observed by counter-terrorism experts that countries that nurture terrorist groups tend to be the same societies that marginalise women. So, helping to educate and raise the status of women in those societies would be of global security interest.
Meanwhile, women also represent the best hope for fighting global poverty. ... Larry Summers, when he was World Bank chief economist, wrote that "investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world."
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