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UN Chief: Gender Inequality Biggest Human Rights Challenge

Associated Press

   UNITED NATIONS - Calling himself "a proud feminist," U.N.
   Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lashed out at men who abuse power
   and declared before Sunday's observances of International Women's Day
   that the fight for gender equality is "the biggest human rights
   challenge we face."

   Twenty-five years after 189 countries adopted a 150-page road map for
   achieving equality for women, a new report by UN Women says the reality
   is that millions of women still face poverty, discrimination and
   violence. It notes more than 70% of lawmakers and parliamentarians and
   managers are men and nearly 500,000 women and girls older than age 15
   are illiterate.

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