Although the globalization of the third world has improved the lives of many people, traditional gender stereotypes within these countries has limited women's development in the third world. Evidence of women's low literacy rate, poor education, low quality work, low incomes, and home lives show that women in the third world are not profiting from the changes that globalization has brought to the third world. The gap between women and men within the third world is extensive. This gap is found in almost all areas of women's life in the least developed countries of the world.
Women have less opportunities and are limited at a very early age.
If a girl does not attend school it is more likely that she will be illiterate. If a woman is illiterate she cannot find a decent job. If a woman cannot find a decent job she will not get paid well and will be unable to support herself and will be forced to rely on her husband or another male family member for support. Women that have no voice in government are also at a disadvantage to have their problems heard and helped. As one half of the population women have the right to have their voices heard and the same opportunities as men.