Nigerian women face constraints in starting businesses, pension, others
Published 27 Feb,2021 via BizWatchNigeria - Nigerian women, especially those living in Lagos, are bound by laws that affected starting and running a business as well as the size of their pension, a new report by the World Bank has said.
According to World Bank’s assessment of laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity, women in Nigeria also face constraints working after having children and gender differences in property and inheritance.
However, it found that in constraints related to marriage, Nigeria gets a perfect score of 100.
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