The Zanana Republic: Eight hundred million and counting

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Empowering women with basic health education will change the future labour markets in Pakistan. —AFP

Their numbers are huge and potential unlimited. Spread across countries with diverse cultures but united in faith, Muslim women have the potential to fight disease, hunger, poverty, and violence that plague several Muslim-majority countries.

The global population of Muslim women is estimated at 800 million, which is more than the population of any single country, with the exception of China and India.

Still, adult women in most Muslim-majority countries do not work, are under-employed, or they don't receive market wages for their labour.

Structural barriers and misogyny are the primary reasons preventing women from being equal partners in the development of their respective economies and societies.


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