affects at least 200 million women in the world FGM/C is a harmful practice proven to impact the physical and mental health of …Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a development issue and a form of violence against women and girls that … affected women and girls from the moment of the cutting, with prolonged and irreversible consequences during their entire lives …

In the last decade, the proportion and academic performance of women who pursue university degrees has increased … awarded to women has remained between 30% and 35% during 2001-2018 in the U.S. (Siegfried, 2019). In a recent work by Lundberg … and Stearns (2019), they show that the gender gap worsens as women economists progress in their professional careers in …