What we really, really want is an end to violence against women

It’s not only a major cause of death, ill health, and disability; it also blocks opportunities for women and girls to escape poverty.

Images from a 20th anniversary remake of the Spice Girls' Wannabe video, an effort to promote women's rights.YouTube screenshot courtesy of The Global Goals

Opinion

BY JULIE DELAHANTY

July 27, 2016

To mark its 20th anniversary, artists from India to Nigeria recently revamped the Spice Girls’ world-famous Wannabe video. What they “really, really want” this time around is an end to violence against women. I really, really want that too. Because I know that our world continues ...

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