Hi mate, first things first, thanks for your comment, that's great to see someone who wants to participate on this kind of subjects.

"maybe the first step would be to stop dropping bombs on them and orchestrating the assassination of their leaders." yes 100% agree you with you.
"HDR 2015 is over 500 pages and covers the world....the overall numbers are essentially just meaningless talking points. " again agree with you. This report is political.
But if you take different sources and compile them the answer is more or less the same all over the world. Gender equality in the world is a reality.

Now, Loans isn't a magical solution to empowered women but it's a tremendous way to do it. With it they can, start a business ( become independent), take care of the household and plenty other things to be independent.

Microloans have some limits for sure and who knows with blockchain technology we might improve it.

Again thanks for your comment and please feel free to answer !

Alan