A quote from the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, which sheds an interesting light on the contemporary issues that rarely consider gender inequality as a possible cause or potential solution. That is not to say that tremendous progress has not been made, however, after reading the works of writers such as John Stuart Mill and Virginia Woolf, the underlying limitations that some women are faced with have become much more obvious. ... We do not live in a society where forty hours of work by the man of the house provides enough to cover household expenses, and offering ...

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