On March 5, 2024, the World Bank Group launched the Women, Business and the Law 2024 report: "Breaking Down Barriers to Achieve Gender Equality." The report finds that women enjoy only two-thirds of the legal rights that men do and that the gender gap is wider than laws on the books might suggest due to insufficient legal implementation.
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Cleaning apps spread across the continent Women sign up despite low pay, tough conditions Fear of deactivation keeps them quiet By Kim Harrisberg, Bukola Adebayo and Menna Farouk JOHANNESBURG, LAGOS, CAIRO, Feb 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W omen who mop, sweep and clean homes across Africa are riding a new wave of digital platforms that promise flexible work and fresh opportunity - but critics say the fast-growing apps only expose the gig workers to age-old abuse and exploitation.
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