Access to sustainable paid employment is the key to women’s empowerment and capacity to exercise control over their lives. The Beijing Platform for Action had underlined this reality two decades ago. Yet, as experts have pointed out, when it comes to work, women continue to suffer from the “twin deficits of capabilities and opportunities”. However, in this year-end special, we train the spotlight on women who have broken barriers and made a mark in workspaces that are otherwise reserved for men. In the process, they have set a unique precedent, and also brought change and prosperity to their family and community.

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