In order to invert the situation, the authorities have devised a number of legal and regulating measures aimed at promoting micro finance, on one side and, on the other side, the establishment of banks through to the areas of the country with minor financial services.
Women are 26 percent less likely to be employed than men, and are likely to earn about 24 percent less compared to men (WEF 2018);  2    In its Global Gender Gap Report of 2018, the World Economic Forum noted that it could take 108 years to close the global gender gap and 202 years to bring about parity in the workplace.