Keeping women out of the work force is economic nonsense

22 March 2015
NPR
Gender / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Social development / Women in development
ActionAid / International Labor Organization / International Monetary Fund (IMF) / Planet 50-50 / U.N. Women / World Bank (WB)

Gender equality is "humanity's biggest project," Lakshmi Puri told the U.N. this past week. Puri, the deputy executive director of U.N. Women, wants to achieve "Planet 50-50" by 2030.

When it comes to the workplace, equal employment opportunities aren't just a benefit to women. Several new studies point out that discriminatory practices that keep women out of the work force are not only unjust, but economically nonsensical as well. ...

 Thomas K. Grose
http://n.pr/1CfvrKL

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