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	Podcast:		IMF Podcasts
	Episode:		Legal Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:16:38
	Publish Date:		2022-06-03 13:00:00
	Description:		When women begin to participate more in the economy, good things happen. There's more growth, less inequality, and greater financial stability. So, why is women's labor force participation still so low in so many countries? Katharine Christopherson is an Assistant General Counsel in the IMF legal Department and coauthor of some new research that looks at the legal impediments to women’s economic activity across the globe. In this podcast, journalist Rhoda Metcalfe and Katharine Christopherson discuss the outdated laws that hold women back and what drives countries to reform them. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3xbEO0P
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