Women and human rights: front and centre at the Oscar ceremony this year

23 February 2019
Culture and Education
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Gender equality, the marginalization of indigenous languages, migration, the refugee crisis, the lives of domestic workers, poverty… All these issues which are at the heart of the United Nations’ work, are also front and centre in some of the films celebrated this year at the Academy Awards.

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