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Six minutes English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to Six Minute English.
I'm Catherine and I'm Lee.
And today we are talking about women's rights.
Catherine, do you think women's rights are well covered by the media?
Covered means talked about and I would say it could be better, to be honest.
Many women's magazines are all about beauty tips, fashion and how to please your man.
Now I'm interested in the real issues.
One thing the media doesn't talk about much is what the role of childless women like myself is.
And childless means having no children.
Yes, in some societies, the role of women, role,
the way they are expected to behave is to have children.
If they don't, it's like there is something wrong with them and they are supposed to be unhappy.
I have no children and I'm very happy.
Anyway, women in various countries around the world want to discuss problems which are close to home.
And that's why the BBC has organised a series of programmes to discuss some issues that affect half the world's population.
The series is called A Hundred Women and it's the theme of this Six Minute English.
The discrimination against women happens in different ways in different countries.
Discrimination means the unjust treatment of people who belong to different groups.