Jimmy Carter says discrimination (abuse) against women and girls is the world's biggest problem

(at 13:34--one of the major reasons for this continuing problem is "that men don't give a damn. . .they enjoy their privilege)

Jimmy Carter says discrimination against women and girls is the world's biggest problem

By Kate Sullivan


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Carter reflects on the world's biggest problem 01:32

(CNN)Former President Jimmy Carter said Saturday that he believes the single greatest challenge facing the world is discrimination against women and girls. Carter, who delivered the commencement address at Liberty University in Virginia, said he now places the human rights abuses against women and girls even higher on his list of global problems than wealth disparity. Carter has long been concerned about economic inequality, and he said that it continues to widen at alarming rates.
Carter, 93, said 160 million girls and women are not alive today because their parents killed their daughters at birth or aborted them as fetuses because of laws and customs that favor sons. He also talked about the prevalence of human trafficking and sexual assault. The former president said that in US military, "one of the finest organizations on earth," there are 16,000 cases of sexual abuse every year.

Speaking about wealth disparity, Carter said the problem is widening "within nations and also between nations." He added that only a handful of people, most of them Americans, control more wealth than half the world's population.
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"There are attributes of a superpower that go beyond military strength," Carter said. "Our nation should be known as a champion of peace. Our nation should be known as a champion of equality. Our nation should be known as a champion of human rights. We should also be admired for our generosity to other people in need and other moral values."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/19/politics/jimmy-carter-commencement-liberty-university/index.htm