Women’s rights around the world is an important indicator to understand global well-being. A major global women’s rights treaty was ratified by the majority of the world’s nations a few decades ago.
Yet, despite many successes in empowering women, numerous issues still exist in all areas of life, ranging from the cultural, political to the economic. For example, women often work more than men, yet are paid less; gender discrimination affects girls and women throughout their lifetime; and women and girls are often are the ones that suffer the most poverty. Reasons for such disparity include the fact that women are generally underpaid and because they often perform low-status jobs, compared to men.
Women not only earn less than men but also tend to own fewer assets. Gender biases in property and inheritance laws and in other channels of acquiring assets also leave women and children at greater risk of poverty.
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