Wominnovation
Publication Date
10 March 2010
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“How can we harness innovation’s power to empower women and promote greater gender equality?” asks a new study by the International Center for Research on Women. Its authors try to answer this question first by examining eight inventions that they say have helped women dramatically, including village mobile phones and microcredit.
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