And SDG 5: Gender Equality
To achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been progress over the last decades, but the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030.
Commitment and bold action are needed to accelerate progress, including through the promotion of laws, policies, budgets and institutions that advance gender equality.
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This short story was published in Modern Arabic Short Stories: A Bilingual Reader, eds. Ronak Husni and Daniel L. Newman (SAQI, 2008), pp 198-219.
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