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103 countries in the world have laws preventing women from doing certain jobs or working overnight.

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Up to 70 percent of all women in the world need to adjust their career choices based on laws that prevent them from doing certain types of jobs. Many countries don't allow women to work in different industries or overnight.

Energy Sector

Heavy Lifting

Transport

Factories

Mining

Metalworking

Night Hours

Water Sector

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Note: Applies to nonpregnant and nonnursing women No data for Cuba. North Korea, Turkmenistan, and Somalia Kristyna Foltynova | Source: The World Bank

Women can't drive tractors in Russia and Belarus.

Moldova Niger Nigeria Russia Saudi Arabia Syria Tajikistan Tunisia Ukraine U.A.E. Uzbekistan Vietnam

Angola Azerbaijan Belarus Belize Central African Rep. Egypt Ethiopia Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Madagascar Malaysia

Women can't work in agriculture the same way as men in 25 countries:

Women can't work in construction the same way as men in 37 countries:

Azerbaijan Bahrain Belarus Belize Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Rep. Chad Congo Rep. Dominica Egypt Guinea Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia

Mali Mauritania Moldova Montenegro Niger Nigeria Papua New Guinea Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone St. Vincent and the Grenadines Syria Tajikistan Thailand Ukraine Uzbekistan Vietnam

In Belarus, women can't lay concrete or asphalt.

Construction

Women can't work in the energy sector the same way as men in 28 countries:

Angola Azerbaijan Bahrain Belarus Belize Cameroon Dominica Egypt Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Madagascar Malaysia

Moldova Nigeria Papua New Guinea Russia Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone St. Vincent and the Grenadines Syria Tajikistan Ukraine U.A.E. Uzbekistan Vietnam

Angola Argentina Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Cameroon Central African Rep. Chad Congo Rep. Dominica Egypt Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea India Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Macedonia

Madagascar Malaysia Mali Mauritania Moldova Montenegro Myanmar Niger Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Sri Lanka St. Vincent and the Grenadines Syria Tajikistan Ukraine U.A.E. Uzbekistan

Women can't work in factories the same way as men in 47 countries:

Women in Argentina can't work in any site that regularly contains dust or toxic vapors.

Women in France can't carry loads greater than 25 kilograms.

Albania Argentina Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Brazil Cameroon Central African Rep. Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Rep. Czech Rep. Ecuador Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia France Guinea Guyana India

Women can't engage in jobs requiring lifting weights above a threshold in 48 countries:

Iran Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lesotho Madagascar Mali Moldova Mongolia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Russia Senegal South Sudan Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Ukraine U.A.E. Uzbekistan Vietnam

Women can't work in mining the same way as men in 64 countries:

Afghanistan Angola Argentina Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Bosnia-Herzegovina Cameroon Central African Rep. Chad China Congo Rep. Cyprus Dominica Egypt Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Guinea Guinea-Bissau India Japan Jordan

Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Lesotho Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Mali Mauritania Moldova Montenegro Morocco Myanmar Niger Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Russia Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Slovenia Solomon Islands

South Korea South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Tunisia Turkey Ukraine U.A.E. Uzbekistan Vietnam

Angola Argentina Azerbaijan Bahrain Barbados Belarus Cameroon Egypt Ethiopia Guinea India Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon

Women can't work in metalworking the same way as men in 31 countries:

Madagascar Mali Malta Moldova Niger Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Syria Tajikistan Tunisia Ukraine U.A.E. Uzbekistan Vietnam

Women are not allowed to work as metal welders in Kazakhstan.

Female shopkeepers in India can't work the same night hours as men.

Women can't work the same night hours as men in 28 countries:

Afghanistan Algeria Azerbaijan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Costa Rica Guinea-Bissau India Iraq Jordan Kuwait Montenegro Nepal Oman

Pakistan Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Tunisia Turkey Ukraine U.A.E. Vanuatu Yemen

Women can't drive trains, boats, or  several other vehicles in Russia.

Argentina Azerbaijan Belarus Belize Dominica Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Madagascar Malaysia Moldova Nigeria Papua New Guinea Russia Sierra Leone Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Vietnam

Women in Argentina are not allowed to load or unload ships.

Women are not allowed to drive snowmobiles in Kazakhstan.

Women can't work in transport the same way as men in 19 countries:

Women can't work in the water sector the same way as men in 26 countries:

Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belize China Dominica Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Madagascar Malaysia Moldova Montenegro Nigeria Papua New Guinea

Women can't work as divers in Belarus.

Russia Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone South Sudan St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Ukraine Uzbekistan Vietnam

Transport

No Job For A Woman

Mining

Metalworking

Note: Applies to nonpregnant and nonnursing women. No data for Cuba, Lesotho, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and Somalia.

Heavy Weights

Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Central African Rep., Egypt, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Moldova, Niger, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work in agriculture the same way as men in 25 countries:

Women can't drive tractors in Belarus and Russia.

Note: Applies to nonpregnant and nonnursing women No data for Cuba, Lesotho, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and Somalia

Women can't work in construction the same way as men in 37 countries:

In Belarus, women can't lay concrete or asphalt.

Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, Congo Rep., Dominica, Egypt, Guinea, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work in the energy sector the same way as men in 28 countries:

Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Cameroon, Dominica, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Moldova, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Tajikistan, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, Congo Rep., Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Tajikistan, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan

Women can't work in factories the same way as men in 47 countries:

Women in Argentina can't work in any site that contains dust.

Albania, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo Rep., Czech Rep., Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Guinea, Guyana, India, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Russia, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women in France can't carry loads greater than 25 kilograms.

Women can't engage in jobs requiring  lifting weights  above a threshold in 48 countries:

Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, China, Congo Rep., Cyprus, Dominica, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work in mining the same way as men in 64 countries:

Women can't work in metalworking the same way as men in 31 countries:

Women can't work as metal welders in Kazakhstan.

Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Moldova, Niger, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work the same  night hours  as men in 28 countries:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Montenegro, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, U.A.E., Vanuatu, Yemen

Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Dominica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Moldova, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't drive snowmobilesin Kazakhstan.

Women can't work in transport the same way as men in 19 countries:

Women can't work in the water sector the same way as men in 26 countries:

Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, China, Dominica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work as divers in Belarus.

No Job For A Woman

Women can't work in agriculture the same way as men in 25 countries:

Note: Applies to nonpregnant and nonnursing women No data for Cuba, Lesotho, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and Somalia Kristyna Foltynova | Source: The World Bank

Up to 70 percent of all women in the world need to adjust their career choices based on laws that prevent them from doing certain types of jobs. Many countries don't allow women to work in different industries or overnight.

Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Central African Rep., Egypt, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Moldova, Niger, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work in construction the same way as men in 37 countries:

Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, Congo Rep., Dominica, Egypt, Guinea, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Cameroon, Dominica, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Moldova, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Tajikistan, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work in the energy sector the same way as men in 28 countries:

Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, Congo Rep., Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Tajikistan, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan

Women can't work in factories the same way as men in 47 countries:

Women can't engage in jobs requiring  lifting weights  above a threshold in 48 countries:

Albania, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo Rep., Czech Rep., Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Guinea, Guyana, India, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Russia, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cameroon, Central African Rep., Chad, China, Congo Rep., Cyprus, Dominica, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work in mining the same way as men in 64 countries:

Women can't work in metalworking the same way as men in 31 countries:

Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Moldova, Niger, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Montenegro, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, U.A.E., Vanuatu, Yemen

Women can't work the same  night hours  as men in 28 countries:

Women can't work in transport the same way as men in 19 countries:

Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Dominica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Moldova, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, China, Dominica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Women can't work in the water sector the same way as men in 26 countries: