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You Cannot Reduce Poverty if Women Can’t Work
This post was originally published on the Coady International Institute’s blog.
Sultana Jahangir has seen too many educated women lose their dreams. It’s why the Bangladeshi-born founder of the South Asian Women’s Rights Organization (SAWRO) in Toronto is laser-focused when persuading politicians and bureaucrats to do the right thing.
“Two out of three women who use our services have a master's degree, but have trouble finding work,” she says.
