Investment in the health and the rights of girls and women can help economic recovery, civil society groups are telling G8 leaders.
The big issues on the G8 agenda - food security, poverty, climate change and global health - are all connected to gender equality, they say. Many think investment in women is itself a solution.
"If we invest in women, many problems will be solved," Sylvia Borren, co- chair of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) told IPS.
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