2013-29 Economic discrimination against women

A report was just published  by  the World Bank. They looked at laws that make a distinction between men and women: "in almost 90 percent of the 143 countries surveyed in the World Bank study, at least one law remains on the books to bar women from certain jobs, opening a bank account, accessing capital or making independent decisions."

So despite progress, women have equal rights only in a minority of countries. The biggest offenders are in the Middle East and in Africa. Some of these countries have oil; others are poor. No wonder.