Today, many more girls are going to school and living longer,healthier lives than 30 or even 10 years ago. That was the goodnews in our flagship 2012 World Development Report on gender.But this has not translated into broader gains. Too many womenstill lack basic freedoms and opportunities and face huge inequalitiesin the world of work. Globally, fewer than half of women havejobs, compared with almost four-fifths of men. Girls and womenstill learn less, earn less, and have far fewer assets and opportunities.They farm smaller plots, work in less profitable sectors, andface discriminatory laws and norms that constrain their time andchoices, as well as their ability to own or inherit property, open abank account, or take out a loan—to buy fertilizer, for example,that would boost food production for whole communities.Gender at Work looks closely at existing constraints as well aspolicies and practices that show promise in closing the gaps. Acompanion to the 2013 World Development Report on jobs, thereport advocates investing more in women’s capabilities and eliminatingstructural barriers such as laws that bar women from owningproperty, accessing financing, or working without permissionfrom a male relative.
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