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Hillary Clinton participates in a women's equality event March 9, 2015 in New York. Two women with global clout -- Hillary Clinton and Melinda Gates -- released a sweeping report on Monday showing that women are still far from winning equality in leadership positions. The "No Ceilings Full Participation" report is a review of progress made by women since the 1995 Beijing conference laid out a platform of action for achieving gender equality. The report was released at the start of a 12-day UN conference on women that will focus on women's political power and their influence in economic decision-making. The report was compiled by the Clinton and Gates foundations, the Economist Intelligence Unit and the World Policy Center of the University of California in Los Angeles. AFP PHOTO/Don Emmert (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)