Women and children, hold up their hands in the universally popular 'peace' sign, during an education session on the dangers of female genital mutilation in Egypt.
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Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s 60th anniversary.
Gender equality produces the “double dividend” of benefiting both women and children and is pivotal to the health and development of families, communities and nations, according to The State of the World’s Children 2007.
“Gender equality and the well-being of children are inextricably linked,” said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman. “When women are empowered to lead full and productive lives, children and families prosper.”
According to the report, women’s influence in key decisions improves the lives of women and has a positive effect on child well-being and...
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