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World Business Report: First broadcast 09/03/2021 22:32 GMT : WHO: One in three women subjected to violence

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First broadcast 09/03/2021 22:32 GMT : WHO: One in three women subjected to violence

WHO: One in three women subjected to violence

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Mexican women want the government to address the country's record on the murder of women

A new report from the World Health Organization has found that a third of all women experience physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives. The report is the largest ever study of violence against women, and includes data from the years 2000 to 2018. In Mexico thousands marched in the capital Mexico City angry that the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, know 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. 

Plus, we take an in-depth look at Greenland, whose economy some believe is ripe for expansion. Allun Hubbard, a professor of glaciology at the Arctic University of Norway discusses prospects for agriculture in Greenland. The country depends heavily on funds from Denmark, but former Greenland prime minister Aleqa Hammond explores whether it could ever become independent. And Tracy Marchaud of the University of Southern Maine makes the case for a stronger tourism sector on the island.

(Picture: Mexico protests/REUTERS)

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