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5 takeaways on why gender equity matters across issue areas 

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For example, Black women in the United States earn 67 cents for every $1 white men earn. A program in Liberia aimed to compensate community health workers—typically unpaid roles dominated by women—but when it became a paid profession with educational requirements, many women were shut out.

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In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl

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This, I told the President of the United States, 'is my biggest battle.'" She responds, "I told him that if I let bitterness overcome me, I would lose my soul, and if I lost my soul, I also would lose Danny's.' In Search of Hope is part of that battle for herself, and for her son, Adam.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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As a feminist, and as a feminine feminist, I truly believe that we don't do a very good job in the United States of believing that you can lead by serving, and I think the United States needs to think deeply about being in service of the rest of the world." Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women.

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