Women, Business and the Law 2021: Long way to go for Islamic economies as 75% score below world average
75% of Islamic countries scored below the world average on The World Bank’s latest Women, Business and the Law Index, indicating a long way to go to achieve equal opportunities for men and women across Muslim-majority nations.
The index of 190 countries analyses economic rights during different milestones in a woman’s working life through eight indicators: mobility, workplace, pay, marriage, parenthood, entrepreneurship, assets, and pension.
The 2021 report, covering the period September 2019 to October 2020, said that on average, women around the world still have only three-fourths the legal rights of men.
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