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3/13/09 - CNN.com/world -- Commentary: 'Educate a woman, create a nation'
By Dina Habib Powell, Special to CNN

Story Highlights
- As we mark Women's Month, there are encouraging signs
- Both parties in the U.S. are taking steps to invest in the role of women, she says
- She says studies show that more education decreases infant mortality
- Investing in women's education leads to increases in economic growth, she says

Editor's note: Dina Habib Powell, global head of corporate engagement at Goldman Sachs, served as U.S. assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs from 2005 to 2007.

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