Self-made billionaires in Beijing, tech innovators in Silicon Valley, pioneering justices in Ghana—in these and countless other areas, women are leaving their mark.

在北京白手起家的亿万富翁，硅谷的科技创新者，加纳的先锋法官——在这些以及其他无数的领域，女性正在留下她们的印记。

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"It kind of implies that men still want to keep women in the house," said Wang Congcong, a 23-year-old assistant editor in Beijing.

“这在一定程度上意味着男人仍希望女人只待在家里，”23岁的北京助理编辑王聪聪(音译)说。

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It is the last day of taping for her reality show, New Girl in the Office, and in a sweltering Beijing studio, Yang is coaching an audience of college-age women.

她的真人秀节目《寻找杜拉拉》正在北京的一间闷热的录影棚里录制最后一期节目。杨澜正在指导一群女大学生观众。

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More seriously, the backsliding on reproductive rights -- first established in 1994 at the Cairo Conference on Population and Development and reiterated at the Beijing Women's Conference -- is simply not acceptable, as highlighted by numerous women leaders in their statements to the Rio Summit.

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