Zohra Khan

World trade rules rob poor countries of £1,3-billion a day – 14 times what they get in international aid and 30 times the amount they pay in debt repayments. Unfair world trade rules are effectively robbing poor women to give to rich men.

"It is a fact that a woman born in South Africa has a greater chance of being raped than learning to read." This, according to <i>BBC</i> correspondent Carolyn Dempster, is the reality many women and children in SA face on a daily basis.