Women’s rights must be central to the global recovery. Here’s why

Mar 2, 2021

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Women's right remain patchy across the world. Image: REUTERS/Hayam Adel

Tea Trumbic

Program Manager, Women, Business and the Law, World Bank

Norman Loayza

Lead Economist, World Bank

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