In the past 50 years, women's legal status has improved all over the world. But many laws still make it difficult for women to fully participate in economic life. Sarah Iqbal and Paula Tavares from the World Bank Group presented key findings of the 2014 Women, Business and the Law report over a brown-bag lunch on 16 April 2014 at UN Women Headquarters in New York. The event was chaired by Saraswathi Menon, Director of UN Women’s Policy Division, and attended by UN staff, academia, and civil society working on or interested in women’s economic empowerment.
Participants had the opportunity to discuss how laws and regulations that differentiate employment rights for women and men restrict women’s participation and leadership in the formal economy.
We invit eour users to read the full article published May 2 2014
In the past 50 years, women's legal status has improved all over the world. But many laws still make it difficult for women to fully participate in economic life. Sarah Iqbal and Paula Tavares from the World Bank Group presented key findings of the 2014 Women, Business and the Law report over a brown-bag lunch on 16 April 2014 at UN Women Headquarters in New York. The event was chaired by Saraswathi Menon, Director of UN Women’s Policy Division, and attended by UN staff, academia, and civil society working on or interested in women’s economic empowerment.
Participants had the opportunity to discuss how laws and regulations that differentiate employment rights for women and men restrict women’s participation and leadership in the formal economy.
We invit eour users to read the full article published May 2 2014