By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, the world's nations came together to make sure that half of Earth's population gained the rights, power and status of the other half. It hasn't happened, and the U.N. chief urged people everywhere Thursday to 'push back' against the forces holding up equality for women. Addressing the opening session of a high-level meeting to commemorate the landmark 1995 U.N. women's conference in Beijing, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said 'this is fundamentally a question of power.' And in today's more divided, conservative and still very male-dominated world, that power […]

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