Rights Advocates Meet in Mexico to Empower Women Xinhua
go to original January 26, 2016

Women's rights specialists and activists from around the world gathered at a forum Monday in Merida, the capital of Mexico's state of Yucatan, to discuss the roles of women, especially in the knowledge and innovation economy.

When inaugurating the forum, Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz-Massieu said that "women are at the forefront of social change. There can be no sustainable development or justice, without real gender equality."

Ruiz-Massieu said that the creative and transformational power that women could bring to the economy was an often unused resource, noting it would be impossible to achieve sustainable development without fully unlocking the capacity of women and girls.

While promoting gender equality, Ruiz-Massieu also focused on the important role that communications and information technology can play in giving rise to real opportunities for women and their communities.

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