Report: Only 6 Nations Give Women Equal Rights; Women Will Not Achieve Full Equality Until 2073

Only six countries of the world currently give women equal rights with men, a major report from the World Bank has found, the CNN website reports today (March 3, 2019).

That's an increase -- from zero -- compared to a decade ago, when the organization started measuring countries by how effectively they guarantee legal and economic equality between the genders.

But the rate of progress means that by CNN calculations,women won't achieve full equality in the areas studied by the World Bank until 2073.

The six countries that have equal rights for men and women are: Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Sweden. Of these nations, France saw the biggest improvement over the past decade for implementing a domestic violence law, providing criminal penalties for workplace sexual harassment and introducing paid parental leave.