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Women Face Bias Beyond Academia

The Intersection
By Sheril Kirshenbaum
Apr 8, 2008 6:42 PMNov 5, 2019 10:21 AM

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I'm troubled to read that according to a UN-commissioned report, women are discriminated against in almost every country. We make up 70% of the world's poor, owning 1% of titled land. While I often write about gender bias in academia, that disparity is merely the tip of the iceberg. Surely more can be done to improve opportunities for women globally. So how and where do we begin?

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