When more women join the workforce, everyone benefits. Here’s why

Dec 4, 2018

Liz Azoulay, 26, who loads and unloads cargo at Ashdod port, poses for a photograph at the port, in Ashdod, southern Israel, February 22, 2017. "In most of my professional life I did not face any inequality. In the port of Ashdod we are equal on the docks. I am the first woman who began working at the Ashdod port as a stevedore." REUTERS/Amir Cohen SEARCH "WOMEN WORK" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC19E4D97240

Women and men complement each other in the production process. Image: REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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