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[CNA] Inadequate social policies have a strong impact on women, says WIPO Secretary-General

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Austerity policies, work without regulation and rights, the contraction and inadequacy of social policies, elements that characterize the current government, have a stronger impact on women, making the goal of real equality even more difficult, said on Sunday the General Secretary of the PEO Sotiroulla Charalambous, who noted that the fact that after years of efforts by organised expressions of the struggle for women's empowerment and equality, especially by progressive trade union and political forces in the world and in Cyprus, everyone is talking about equality, recognising that discrimination is a blow to societies as a whole - and not only to women - is significant.

In her speech at the PEO events in honour of International Women's Day, Mrs. Charalambous said that "to eliminate discrimination we need
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