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Business Matters: WHO: One in three women experience violence

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10/03/2021 GMT

WHO: One in three women experience violence

BBC World Service - Business Matters, WHO: One in three women experience violence

Almost 1,000 women were victims of femicide in Mexico in 2020

The World Health Organization has found that a third of all women experience physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives. Its report is the largest ever study of violence against women. In Mexico thousands marched in the capital Mexico City on International Women's Day, bringing with them photos with the names of alleged rapists, murderers and harassers of women. Many are angry that the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, has failed to live up to his promises on women's rights.

A leading international agency has upgraded its forecast for global growth for this year. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said the world economy is likely to expand by 5.6% in 2021, and its chief economist Laurence Boone explains why the OECD believes prospects for growth are looking rosier.

Also in the programme, the economic impact of internet shutdowns in India.  And we hear from the founder of Dr B, a US site which can match you with surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses.

Our guests today:  Sushma Ramachandran, columnist with the Tribune in Delhi and The Economist's Sarah Birke in Mexico City.

(PHOTO: Women gathering in Mexico for International Women's Day/REUTERS)

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