A woman's world?

Across the globe, women do 66% of the world’s work and produce 50% of its food, yet earn only 10% its income and own 1% of its property. Such figures show just how far we still have to go in the struggle to achieve the genuine equality and empowerment of women worldwide, an objective set down in the third Millennium Development Goal.
Yet as we marked the 100^th anniversary of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, Philippa Hitchen found there is much good news to share too – about women in all corners of the globe working to support those who still suffer from discrimination and lack of rights, from oppression, from violence and from an inability to make their voices heard.
Martina Liebsch is international policy director for the global Catholic aid and development confederation, Caritas Internationalis, which has focused its efforts recently on the female face of migration….

Listen to Philippa's interview with Martina: