Legal reform urged after World Bank suggests failure to protect women from discrimination denies them workplace opportunities
Legal barriers that prevent women from working or limit their opportunities to own a business are having a negative impact on global growth and economic equality, a World Bank study has found.
The absence of laws offering protection from domestic violence, and from sexual harassment in the workplace, has left women around the world at a disadvantage, according to a report published on Thursday.
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