Gender equality, population growth and economic progress form the triangle on which society’s future depends. The United Nations Millennium Project sums it up as, “societies where women are not afforded equal rights as men can never achieve development in a sustainable manner.” According to United Nations Development Programme’s Global Human Development Report 2010, due to gender inequality the world suffers a percentage loss of achievement of 56%. South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa fare the worst with gender inequality index of 0.74. In the developing world, the lar...
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