Women, Business, and the Law 2024
Women enjoy only two-thirds of the legal rights that men enjoy
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2024—The global gender gap for women in the workplace is far wider than previously thought, a groundbreaking new World Bank Group report shows. When legal differences involving violence and childcare are taken into account, women enjoy fewer than two-thirds the rights of men. No country provides equal opportunity for women—not even the wealthiest economies.
The latest Women, Business, and the Law report offers a comprehensive picture of the obstacles that women face entering the global workforce and contributing to greater prosperity—for themselves, their families, and their…