The report found systematic discrimination against women in the access they have to basic human rights like education and healthcare. As well as being subjected to violence and abuse, women are denied equal employment opportunities and have to confront courts and legal systems that are biased against them.
Women often have less control over when, where and whether sex takes place.
Inequality between men and women is also a major concern for developed economies. The World Bank estimates that in industrialised countries sexual assault and violence take away almost one in five healthy years of life of women aged between 15-44. Education denied The lack of equal access to education is also hampering economic development. Two thirds of the 300 million children world-wide without access to education are girls, and two thirds of the world's 880 million illiterate adults are women. Educating girls makes sound economic sense Investing in education pays huge economic and social dividends.