women's rights

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Economic freedom can help improve allocation of human capital for men and women
The gender wage gap is largely explained by differences in the educational and employment choices of men and women.

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Many of us who live in the Free World recognize that free government, free exchange, free expression, free markets and free trade deliver better outcomes than autocracy, autarky, control, conformity and coercion. However, among those who have come of age in the decades since the end of the Cold War, there is neither an innate sense that freedom is better than the alternative nor a default belief in the power of individual liberty.


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What The Handmaid’s Tale can teach us about gender inequality

In countries where men and women’s economic rights are equally protected under the law, women live on average about nine years longer.


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Saudi Arabia's anti-women laws require swift dose of economic freedom - Women and Progress

Saudi women must obtain permission from their guardians before they travel, go to university, get a job or get married.


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Not surprisingly, low-ranking countries include Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar.