So on so many grounds, we were making all this progress, and women across the globe were advancing toward a greater sense of opportunity. And There has been a reversal started in Covid with real intention, in part because economically, a lot of families found themselves in terrible trouble. And so child marriage started going up, domestic violence started going up again. And what I'm seeing now is that even in countries that are, you know, advanced economies, there are a lot of doors shutting. (28:22–28:33)
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Asserts that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a reversal in women's progress due to economic hardships.
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