World Business: Asian University for Women -- 18/02/2011 | PBS
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World Business
Broadcast Date: Feb. 18, 2011
World Business: Asia's continuing rush for expansion manages to under-use one of its most important resources -- women. Gender inequalities mean that fewer girls are educated than boys and all that untapped potential is going to waste. An initiative in Bangladesh, backed by some powerful allies, hopes to change all that. Reporter: Heather Scott
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