RosLEHTINEN). who has achieved the distinction of becoming the first woman to obtain the ranking position on this committee. Today. women all over the world are becoming leaders in science. medicine. the arts. politics. business. and even the military. Despite this progress. women and girls continue to represent the majority of the poor. the chronically hungry. refugees. the HIVinfected. the sick. the uneducated and the undereducated. the unemployed and disenfranchised people. Women are also subject to specific forms of physical and structural violence and discrimination because of their gender. These include sexual violence in both conflict and nonconflict situations. sex trafficking. and domestic violence from their partners and family members.
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