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Argentina's abortion legalization debate ignites soul searching on women's rights

  • Written by Virginia García Beaudoux, Professor of Political Communication and Public Opinion, University of Buenos Aires

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As an Argentinean scholar of gender in politics, I’m normally called to provide commentary on some fairly depressing statistics.

For example, there are just two women who head Argentina’s 20 federal government ministries. And last year, Argentinean women earned nearly 25 percent less than men for the same work.

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