US EditionWorkplace equality exists nowhere: World Bank
- On Feb 24, the World Bank reported no country has full workplace equality, with only a very small share of women in labour markets approaching it, Spain highest among advanced economies.
- Because 1.2 billion young people will enter the labour market, nearly 70 countries approved around 100 reforms from 2023–2025 to expand women’s workforce access.
- Looking at legal frameworks and enforcement, the report said gaps remain even where laws were modernized, according to the report said.
- According to the report's authors, Tea Trumbic, report lead author, said women’s participation could boost GDP in regions with high barriers, and the report argued this benefits societal benefits.
- Regional differences are stark, as the Middle East and Pacific lag far behind while reforms easing field restrictions, equal pay, and parental leave help Egypt, Madagascar, and Somalia progress.
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Workplace equality exists nowhere – World Bank
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Full workplace equality does not exist anywhere in the world and only a tiny fraction of women live in countries with a labor market that comes close to it, the World Bank said Tuesday.Even when workplace equality laws are passed by lawmakers, they are truly enforced in only about half of all cases, the bank said in a report on women, business and the law."Even in economies that have modernized their laws, women still face con…
Even if gender laws were strictly enforced, women would still enjoy, on average, two thirds of the legal rights guaranteed to men.
A World Bank report analysed the economies of 190 countries and found that the gap between laws and their actual implementation persists. No country has full legal parity.
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GestionFull equality in work between men and women does not exist anywhere in the world and only 4% of women live in countries with a labour market that is approaching it, the World Bank (WB) warned. According to its annual report on Women, Business and Legislation, even if they govern equal work laws, they only apply in about half of the cases. "Even in economies that have modernized their legislation, women face restrictions on the type of work they …
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