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Work opportunities for Indian women very limited, says World Bank
Work Opportunities For Indian Women Very Limited, Says World Bank. Women in India are not allowed to work in mining or in jobs that require lifting weights above a certain threshold or working
Washington: Women in India are not allowed to work in mining or in jobs that require lifting weights above a certain threshold or working with glass, according to a latest vWorld Bank report on South Asia's largest economy.
"In India, the region's largest economy with 612 million women, job restrictions remain widespread, with women not vallowed to work in mining or in jobs that require lifting vweights above a certain threshold or working with glass," stated the World Bank Group's 'Women, Business and the Law 2016' report. "The law also prohibits women from jobs 'involving danger to life, health or morals'," it added. In addition, the report said, in India there are no laws to protect women against sexual harassment in public places, protections, which exist in 18 other economies around the vworld. In the last two years, India passed a law mandating a vrequirement for at least one female member on the board of vpublicly-listed companies.
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