WorldIs 30 per cent representation the new gender-equality dream?Campaigns to raise women’s representation on boards and in politics to 30 per cent are picking up steam globally
BooksWestern adoptions, Chinese mothers’ painA stunningly candid new book gives voice to the women whose daughters were taken from them
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