Hi °C | Lo °C Some 160 years after famine and emigration reduced the population of Ulster by nearly half a million people, 1.3bn people worldwide still earn less than $1.25 per day.
Of these, 70% are women. They earn less and own less, too, with just 1% of the world's property in women's hands.
Oxfam Ireland is hosting a public forum tomorrow, October 25, in Belfast, to share ideas on how to ensure women's rights and dignity are respected. I ask Belfast Telegraph readers to support our campaign, Ending Poverty Starts with Women, by joining us at oxfamireland.org/women.
JIM CLARKEN
Chief executive, Oxfam Ireland
