Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Women and anti-women laws across the world.


About 155 countries have at least one law that limits women’s economic opportunities, while 100 states put restrictions on the types of jobs women can do and 18 allow husbands to dictate whether their wives can work at all, according to a World Bank report that paints a stark picture of the enduring obstacles women face in achieving economic empowerment.

Question: 

In countries that restrict a woman’s ability to make economic decisions, girls are less likely to finish secondary school and their prospects of leading decent life get diminished.

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