Women, Business and the Law: How do Legal Restrictions Affect Women in Business?
Women, Business and the Law: How do Legal Restrictions Affect Women in Business?
Pursuing a professional career or job seems to be a viable option for millions of young females around the world who are eager to be economically independent or climb out of poverty. This is a huge change from even just 50 years ago, and is still a challenge in many countries today, regardless of their level of economic development.
These are the findings of the World’s Bank Women, Business and the Lawproject, which recently launched the third edition of its biannual report. The report focuses on economic legislation in 143 countries on the basis of gender differentiation. The report covers six areas of knowledge including Accessing Institutions, Using Property, Getting a Job, Providing Incentives to Work, Building Credit, and Going to Court. This year’s report also included a pilot research on a seventh area, Protecting Women from Violence, which examined laws on domestic violence and sexual harassment in 100 of those economies. Key findings were introduced and discussed at the Americas Society / Council of the Americas in New York City....
