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All That Stands in the Way

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22/03/2014 GMT

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Ros Atkins meets four girls from four different countries to discuss gender equality.

Ros Atkins meets four girls growing up in Iceland, Jordan, the UK and Lesotho respectively, and explores the reasons where there is still inequality.

Nowhere in the world are boys and girls, and men and women equal. Ros Atkins has two young daughters and he wants to know how they will be treated differently as they grow up because of their gender. In All That Stands in The Way, Ros meets four girls - Vigdis, Mira, Lulu and Shoeshoe - growing up in Iceland, Jordan, the UK and Lesotho respectively, and explores the reasons where there is still inequality.

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