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ABU DHABI: Costa Rican Vice President Epsy Campbell Barr said the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has threatened to set back the economic development for women.
She was one of the speakers at the inaugural Women’s Virtual Forum on Monday, which was hosted by the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF).
“It is essential to make money available to women so they can develop their businesses and communities amid the pandemic,” said Barr, a trained economist.
The UAE’s Minister of Culture and Youth Noura Al-Kaabi, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and Irina Bokova, the former director-general of UNESCO, were among the other female leaders, experts and activists at the forum. ....

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