Equality for Women = Prosperity for All (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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A fabulous and ground-breaking book on the direct relationship between a woman's amount of freedom and the economic prosperity of her country.

The enormous global project entitled Women, Business and the Law that was conducted by the World Bank is the basis for many of the amazing findings presented in this startling volume. A systematic explanation of 173 economies around the world was undertaken, and each economy was evaluated in terms of the answers to 47 questions concerning the rights of women in that locale. Typical examples of the 47 questions include: Can a woman, whether married or single, apply for a passport in the same way as a man? Can she travel outside the country? Are married women required by law to obey their husbands? Can she sign a contract?Are there criminal sanctions for sexual harassment? There are 40 other equally pertinent questions asked.

Astonishingly, the survey revealed an almost direct correlation between how many freedoms women enjoyed and how much prosperity was enjoyed by that particular economy.

It is to be hoped that if gender equality has not yet been freely offered to women by any certain society, that the fascinating information contained in these pages will persuade the members of that society that it is in their own best economic interests to remedy the situation immediately.

This groundbreaking book proves irrefutably, once and for all, that freedom for women equals prosperity for all.