A report issued by the World Bank showed that countries of the world seek to achieve greater gender equality, but women around the world still face laws and regulations that restrict economic opportunities that can arise for them, as the Coronavirus pandemic creates challenges that threaten their health, safety and its economic security.
According to the Women, Business and Law Report 2021, the implementation of reforms aimed at removing obstacles to women's economic inclusion has been slow in many regions and uneven within each of them. The report shows that women were already at a disadvantage before the outbreak of the pandemic, and government initiatives aimed at curbing some of its effects, even though being innovative, were limited in many countries.
In this regard, the President of the World Bank Group, David Malpass, affirmed that “women must be fully involved in the economy in order to achieve better development outcomes,” noting that “despite the progress achieved in many countries, there have been worrisome setbacks in a few of them, including restricting women traveling without permission from their guardian. This pandemic has exacerbated the existing inequalities that harm girls and women, including barriers to school enrollment and job retention.”
Source (Ad-Dustour Newspaper-Jordan, Edited)
