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Many Russian women find it difficult to get back into work after having children, but coworking centers with free childcare – the brainchild of P.R. specialist Olesya Kashaeva – are helping many in Moscow. This year Kashaeva is opening centers in 35 Russian cities.
The oil-rich Gulf States depend on the migrant labor of millions of domestic workers to cook, clean and care for children across the region. For those workers, the chance of a better life for their own families comes with the risk of exploitation, abuse, even slavery.
Changes in family structures and lengthening life expectancies are leading the world towards a care crisis, the International Labour Organization has warned. And it’s women who will lose out the most.
Many of Rwanda’s illegal street vendors are women, many of whom are struggling to raise children alone. Now they’re in the crosshairs of a state crackdown, facing endemic sexual harassment.
Two decades of research compiled by the Council on Foreign Relations demonstrates that including more women in labor markets will strengthen the global economy.
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