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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:MarkWebPro-Heavy-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Advancing gender equality and empowering women could add $12 trillion to the global economy.</span></p>
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Daniele Selby</span></a> - September 2, 2019
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Women make up half the world’s population, but, in most places, they don’t make up half its workforce. It’s not because they don’t want to work or have career aspirations
of their own; it’s because gender discrimination and inequality continue to hold women back, keeping them out of the workforce and trapping them in the cycle of poverty.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Advancing gender equality could enable millions of women to pursue their dreams, work, and become financially independent, adding $12 trillion to the global economy
by 2025, <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/employment-and-growth/how-advancing-womens-equality-can-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">according to the McKinsey Global Institute</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">The World Bank is a critical global institution and needs to prioritize women's rights. David Malpass will be the World Bank President for the next 5 years. David
Malpass must commit the World Bank to supporting the empowerment of girls and women.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">But, while 75% of working-age men are employed or looking for employment, less than 49% of working-age women have jobs or are actively searching for them,
<a href="https://www.ilo.org/infostories/en-GB/Stories/Employment/barriers-women#global-gap" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">according to the International Labour Organization</span></a> (ILO). That figure tends to be much lower in
<a href="https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---inst/documents/publication/wcms_618891.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">middle-income countries</span></a> like Brazil, South Africa, India, Indonesia, and Mexico, where economies are quickly growing, but gender equality may not be advancing as rapidly.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Whether it’s lack of education opportunities for girls, stubborn cultural attitudes about what jobs are appropriate for women, or gender discriminatory laws that
prevent women from registering a business through the same process as men, women face barriers to gainful employment — and a way out of poverty — that most men simply do not.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Just six countries — Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Sweden — give men and women equal rights when it comes to work,
<a href="https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/31327/WBL2019.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">according to the World Bank</span></a>. In these countries, men and women are entitled to the same legal protections against sexual harassment in the work place, equal pay is mandated, and both parents have
the right to take paid parental leave.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">But, in at least 180 other countries, this is far from the case.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">In
<a href="https://wbl.worldbank.org/en/data/exploreeconomies/saudi-arabia/2018" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Saudi Arabia</span></a>, <a href="https://wbl.worldbank.org/en/data/exploreeconomies/sudan/2018" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Sudan</span></a>, and <a href="https://wbl.worldbank.org/en/data/exploreeconomies/afghanistan/2018" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Afghanistan</span></a>, which the World Bank ranks among the worst countries for gender equality when it comes to laws regulating work, equal pay for equal work is not legally required. And women are not allowed
to work the same hours, particularly during the night, as men, limiting the job opportunities they can seek.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Women in
<a href="http://oag.gov.bt/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Companies-Act-of-the-Kingdom-of-Bhutan-2000English-version.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Bhutan</span></a> and <a href="https://www.secp.gov.pk/document/companies-act-2017/?wpdmdl=28472" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Pakistan</span></a> can’t sign their own names to take the steps necessary to start their own businesses, like registering a company or getting a loan. Instead, they are legally required to sign these documents
with their fathers’ or husbands’ names.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">There has been progress in recent years to reform gender discriminatory laws governing work.
<a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/saudi-women-to-start-own-businesses-without-male-permission" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Until recently</span></a>, women in Saudi Arabia needed a male guardian’s permission to start a business. And, in all but one country, women can now sign contracts under the same conditions as men. Equatorial
Guinea remains the only country in which a woman still requires her husband’s permission in order to sign a contract,
<a href="http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/102741522965756861/WBL-Key-Findings-Web-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">according to the World Bank</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">However, in many countries, much change is still needed to establish gender equality in the labor force.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">In
<a href="https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/31327/WBL2019.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Bahrain</span></a>, women may only leave their marital home to work or for other purposes when given permission by their husbands. And though it is not legally mandated, many employers in Iran will require written
consent from a woman’s husband in order to allow her to work, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/05/25/its-mens-club/discrimination-against-women-irans-job-market" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Human Rights Watch reported</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">These kinds of laws not only prevent women from getting jobs, but also make it difficult for them to keep those jobs, to be safe in those jobs, and to be fairly
paid for their work. And even in countries that do have gender equality in work-related laws, there is still a long way to go until women are actually equals in the workforce.</span></p>
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<a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/nobel-prize-literature-metoo-sexual-harassment/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Sweden</span></a> and <a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/french-counterpart-to-metoo-campaign-emerges-as-co/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">France</span></a> have grappled with their own #MeToo movements in the past two years, with
<a href="https://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/sweden-puts-a-whole-new-twist-on-metoo/83088" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">hundreds of Swedish actors</span></a> speaking out against workplace sexual harassment in the country’s entertainment industry, and tens of thousands of women taking to social media to break their silence about
harassment at work with the hashtag #BalanceTonPorc — meaning “squeal on your pig” in French — in 2017.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Heavy-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Cultural Challenges</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Heavy-W03-Regular; color:#333333"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Women are underrepresented in the global workforce, but they are working. They just aren’t always paid or recognized for that work.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">In many cultures, men are still seen as “breadwinners,” while a woman’s place is considered to be in the home. Attempting to break away from this long-held norm
can make women vulnerable to domestic violence or abuse. A woman’s “job” — frequently, even if she has another job — is raising children, caring for sick or elderly family members, cooking, and looking after the household. All of this is work, for which women
typically are not compensated.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Often, in developing countries or within families living in poverty,
<a href="https://www.ilo.org/infostories/en-GB/Stories/Employment/barriers-women#pressure" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">women must work out</span></a> of economic necessity, but the jobs considered “appropriate” for them to take on may be limited by cultural norms. For example, in India, teaching is considered a suitable job
for women; however, working as a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/meet-indias-first-automobile-mechanic-atmaruti-suzuki/articleshow/57555064.cms" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">mechanic</span></a> or a <a href="https://ssir.org/articles/entry/rethinking_womens_work_in_india" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">driver</span></a> is considered inappropriate.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Prescriptive gender roles that limit job opportunities don’t just affect women in developing countries. In
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">Japan</span></a>, women are encouraged to pursue careers that align with traditional gender roles, like nursing and teaching, but they are discriminated against in business, engineering, medicine, and even
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">sushi-making</span></a>, which are all still considered men’s fields.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">These persistent gender stereotypes mean women are also
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">more likely than men</span></a> to be contributing family workers, meaning they work for a family member. These are often informal arrangements that are not typically covered by many legal protections in which
a woman may not be paid for her work at market rate, if at all.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Though, globally, men make up
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">63%</span></a> of informal workers, hundreds of millions of women around the world work in the informal labor market, as agricultural workers, domestic workers, and small vendors.
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">And in developing countries, a higher proportion of working women are employed as informal workers than men. In fact,
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">92%</span></a> of employed women in low-income countries work in informal jobs, which can leave them vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Heavy-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Education Barriers</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Heavy-W03-Regular; color:#333333"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">High rates of informal work are closely tied to low education rates,
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">according to the ILO</span></a>. And, globally,
<a href="https://www.globalpartnership.org/data-and-results/education-data" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">132 million</span></a> girls are out of school, and with conflict, natural disasters, and displacement on the rise, that
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">But without education, girls, who grow up to be women with career aspirations,
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">face limited job opportunities</span></a>. A lack of education is also correlated with higher rates of child marriage and early childbearing. And without education, girls and women may have to rely on their
families or husbands to manage their finances, preventing them from becoming independent.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Women with secondary school education don’t just have better job opportunities available to them, they have greater earning potential and can therefore provide
a better life for themselves and their families. A woman who has a secondary school education earns nearly double what a woman with no education earns on average,
<a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/education/publication/missed-opportunities-the-high-cost-of-not-educating-girls" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">according to the World Bank</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">However, girls and women face several
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">barriers to education</span></a>, including a lack of infrastructure and learning materials. But for many girls whose families live in poverty, the same gender discriminatory attitudes that prevent women from
securing good jobs, also prevent girls from completing their education.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Families who cannot afford to send all their children to school often curtail their daughters’ educations, believing they don’t need to be highly educated because
they won’t work in jobs that require that level of education. And this can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Heavy-W03-Regular; color:#333333">How We Can Change This</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Heavy-W03-Regular; color:#333333"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">Today, only about one-third of businesses are owned or partly owned by women,
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">according to World Bank data</span></a>. And, globally, women make up just 21% of employers globally, the
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<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">ILO</span></a> says.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:MarkWebPro-Book-W03-Regular; color:#333333">But by empowering girls and women with education, eliminating gender discrimination from legislation surrounding work, and reforming cultural attitudes, women can
be empowered to achieve their full potential. If women were treated as true equals and given the same opportunities as men to work, they could add as much as
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/employment-and-growth/how-advancing-womens-equality-can-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">
<span style="color:#D62027; text-decoration:none">$28 trillion</span></a> to the global economy — a stunning sum that could help end extreme poverty.</span></p>
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