As Jai's third wife, she should have been in purdah in a "city" of 400 other lounging and sewing women, watching the world through filigree screens.

作为萨瓦·辛格的第三任妻子，她本可以加入印度其他400多女人城，坐在窗帘后面，窥视这个世界。

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Women hold 44% of parliamentary seats, the third highest percentage in the world.

妇女持有议会44%的席位，占世界第三高。

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Turkey and Brazil come third and joint fourth (behind Finland and Norway) in the World Economic Forum's ranking of countries by the proportion of CEOs who are women.

世界经济论坛将世界各国女性占首席执行官比例排名，土耳其第三，巴西并列第四(和芬兰、挪威)。

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The report notes that half the women in the Arab world are illiterate, compared to one-third of men.

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The report Empowering The Third Billion: Women And World Of Work in 2012 ranked 128 countries according to two criteria: support for women (policies guaranteeing access to education, credit, and employment) and economic success of women (degree of inclusion and advancement, equality of pay).

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In the women's draw, world No. 2 Maria Sharapova and third-ranked Victoria Azarenka reached the last 16 despite struggling with their serves.

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