International Women's Day: Poverty Still Has a Woman's Face

The Asia-Pacific region has drastically reduced measures of extreme poverty but women remain among the most vulnerable, says a report on the status of the Millennium Development Goals. Women constitute the majority of Asia's low-skilled, low-salaried, and temporary workers. While the report acknowledges that there have been notable gains toward the achievement of MDGs in recent years, the economic crisis undermined much of the momentum...More