The issue of gender equality has achieved, on a worldwide scale, very much the same position as the issues of slavery and torture. That is to say, while it is now generally accepted around the globe that gender equality is a burning issue that must be dealt with and while, in general, the inequality of women, abuse of women’s rights and gender violence are all considered to be throwbacks to barbarism and aberrations in modern society, the fact is that there is still a very long way to go in creating a world in which men and women are, indeed, on an equal footing. The fact of the matter today is that, while the world has undoubtedly made serious advancements toward gender equality, and while the empowerment of women has grown within the context of year 2000 global Millennium Development Goals (including increased equal access to primary education between girls and boys), the surface has barely been scratched, and women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in eve
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Author Roberto Vivo comments on wars past and present, on the world’s great peacemakers and on the pathway to global peace. His basic philosophy: In a world where 9 out of every 10 victims of armed conflict are civilians, war is no longer a viable political alternative. Indeed, it is the ultimate crime against humanity. If rising generations are to have a future, the key will lie in world peace. War is the pathway to oblivion.