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Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, says women should support other women, especially as they represent 50% of the world's but 70% of the world's poor.

Women are now Presidents, Prime Ministers and CEOs but are things getting better for women? Mary Robinson, one of Nelson Mandela's group of 'Elders' and a former President of Ireland, says women should support other women, especially as they represent 50% of the world's population but 70% of the world's poor and 41 million girls worldwide are still denied a primary education. Sarah Montague interviews.

30 minutes

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Tue 11 Mar 2008 23:30GMT

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