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Gender equality 300 years away: UN chief on Women's Day

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Gender equality is becoming an increasingly distant goal and could still be 300 years away, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday while addressing the General Assembly. He said the progress on women's rights is "vanishing before our eyes" as he launched two weeks of talks led by the Commission on the Status of Women to mark International Women's Day on Wednesday.