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The Cheese Stands Alone

Pollitt, Katha | March 21, 2005 issue

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Critiques the role of the U.S. in the Beijing Plus 10 conference, a United Nations summit on women and development. View that the assertion of conservative social values by the U.S. hinders the work of the conference; Impact of the consensus document produced by the Beijing conference on women's rights and status; Reflections on the life of the author's father, Basil Riddiford Pollitt, upon his death.

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WOMEN in development; WOMEN'S rights -- International cooperation; UNITED States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-; WOMEN'S health services -- International cooperation; UNITED Nations; POLLITT, Basil Riddiford

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