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Article: Rural women often deprived of human rights: UN chief
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- October 15, 2009
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Rural women often deprived of human rights: UN chief
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Women living in rural areas
in many parts of the world face severe deprivations, UN Secretary-
general Ban Ki-moon said here on Thursday in a message on the
International Day of Rural Women, calling for greater support of
their rights.
Noting that the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) --
the only international human rights treaty that specifically
addresses rural women -- falls this year, Ban said that women
frequently do not benefit from its provisions.
"They are among those hit hardest by the inadequate rate of
progress in ...