Of the world’s 1.6 million Muslims, 800 million are women – which is more than the combined populations of the United States, Brazil and Russia. According to the World Economic Forum, “In the space of two generations, a widespread education movement has elevated the prospects of millions of Muslim women, from Tehran to Tunis” — something they say is “not only massive and underreported but ongoing.”
Muslim Women Closing The Gender Gap
Original article published in the World Economic Forum on 04/24/2015