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Debbie Stabenow: “To strengthen them from an economic standpoint, it meant empowering women to own their own land, to be able to get…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2015
To strengthen them from an economic standpoint, it meant empowering women to own their own land, to be able to get loans, to be able to have inheritance rights and so on.
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

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Stabenow emphasizes the importance of empowering women in agriculture for economic strength.

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