Nations will only succeed if women are successful, Obama tells India


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Jan 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi as they stand with Satyarhi's wife Sumedha (L) and children with whom Satyarthi works with, 8-year-old Deepak and 12-year-old Payal Jangid, and first lady Michelle Obama in New Delhi January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - U.S. President Barack Obama raised the issue of women's rights as he ended a visit to India on Tuesday, saying that if countries wanted to develop effectively, they must educate and empower their daughters as much as their sons.

"We know from experience that nations are more successful when their women are successful," said Obama, speaking at a meeting attended mainly by students and broadcast live on local news television stations.

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