Afghanistan | South Asia | Mobility | 2017 | ✔ | Afghanistan enacted a new Passport Law which no longer requires a married woman to bring a guardian or written consent of her husband when applying for a passport. |
Afghanistan | South Asia | Workplace | 2017 | ✔ | Afghanistan enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment and also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Afghanistan | South Asia | Parenthood | 2008 | ✔ | Afghanistan introduced paid paternity leave. |
Afghanistan | South Asia | Parenthood | 2000 | x | Afghanistan no longer prohibits the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Afghanistan | South Asia | Pension | 2000 | ✔ | Afghanistan equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Afghanistan | South Asia | Parenthood | 1989 | ✔ | Afghanistan prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Afghanistan | South Asia | Pension | 1989 | x | Afghanistan set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Albania introduced paid paternity leave. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2017 | ✔ | Albania mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2011 | ✔ | Albania introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Albania enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1997 | ✔ | Albania prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | Albania no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Albania prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment and also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Albania increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Albania | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1994 | ✔ | Albania explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2017 | ✔ | Algeria enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Algeria allowed women to be head of household. It no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2006 | ✔ | Algeria reformed its Family Code allowing a woman to leave the marital home without her husband's permission. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Algeria enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment and also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1998 | x | Algeria set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 1991 | ✔ | Algeria introduced paid paternity leave. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 1991 | ✔ | Algeria mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 1985 | ✔ | Algeria increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1984 | ✔ | Algeria introduced an old-age pension system that does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. The new system set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 1976 | ✔ | Algeria began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2022 | ✔ | Angola enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Angola introduced paid paternity leave. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2013 | ✔ | Angola made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Angola enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2012 | ✔ | Angola began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2001 | ✔ | Angola mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Angola prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1989 | ✔ | Angola granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1989 | ✔ | Angola introduced a new Family Code allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1989 | ✔ | Angola allowed women to be head of household. It also gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1989 | ✔ | Angola introduced new Family Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1989 | ✔ | Angola allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1983 | ✔ | Angola prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2000 | ✔ | Antigua and Barbuda enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | Antigua and Barbuda allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as a man. |
Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1977 | ✔ | Antigua and Barbuda prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1974 | ✔ | Antigua and Barbuda introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2022 | ✔ | Argentina explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2019 | ✔ | Argentina equalized the mandatory retirement age (70 years) for women and men. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Argentina enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 2005 | ✔ | Argentina amended its civil code, granting spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1996 | ✔ | Argentina enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1993 | ✔ | Argentina lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1989 | ✔ | Argentina enacted a Civil Code allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1989 | ✔ | Argentina legalized divorce, equally granting the right to both spouses. There is no waiting period before remarriage for either spouse. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1989 | ✔ | Argentina reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1989 | ✔ | Argentina allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1977 | ✔ | Argentina mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1977 | ✔ | Argentina prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1976 | ✔ | Argentina prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1976 | x | Argentina set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2022 | ✔ | Armenia introduced paid paternity leave. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2019 | ✔ | Armenia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2012 | ✔ | Armenia equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It also equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2012 | x | Armenia abrogated legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2007 | ✔ | Armenia introduced paid parental leave. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2006 | ✔ | Armenia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2006 | ✔ | Armenia eliminated all restrictions on women's employment and lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Armenia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2004 | ✔ | Armenia explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | Armenia no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1974 | x | Armenia no longer prohibits the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1974 | ✔ | Armenia increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1974 | ✔ | Armenia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Armenia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Armenia set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Pension | 2015 | ✔ | Australia equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Australia introduced paid paternity leave. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2012 | ✔ | Australia increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks and its federal government began administering parental leave benefits. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Australia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Pay | 1998 | ✔ | Australia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Australia enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1985 | ✔ | Australia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1984 | ✔ | Australia introduced new legal amendments which no longer requires a married woman her husband's permission when applying for a passport. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1983 | ✔ | Australia reformed its Domicile Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1982 | ✔ | Australia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1978 | ✔ | Australia made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Australia | High income: OECD | Assets | 1977 | ✔ | Australia recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2021 | ✔ | Austria introduced 30 days of paid paternity leave. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Pension | 2015 | ✔ | Austria no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2010 | ✔ | Austria's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Pay | 2010 | ✔ | Austria eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Pension | 2006 | ✔ | Austria explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Pay | 2004 | ✔ | Austria lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | Austria enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Pension | 1994 | x | Austria set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1994 | ✔ | Austria enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | Austria introduced paid parental leave. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1985 | ✔ | Austria gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Assets | 1980 | ✔ | Austria granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. Austria also recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1980 | ✔ | Austria prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Pay | 1980 | ✔ | Austria mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1980 | ✔ | Austria prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1977 | ✔ | Austria allowed women to be head of household. Austria no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1977 | ✔ | Austria reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Austria | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1975 | ✔ | Austria increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2012 | ✔ | Azerbaijan enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2008 | ✔ | Azerbaijan introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | Azerbaijan enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | Azerbaijan introduced paid parental leave. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1994 | ✔ | Azerbaijan explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Azerbaijan increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1973 | ✔ | Azerbaijan no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1973 | ✔ | Azerbaijan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Azerbaijan set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 2003 | ✔ | The Bahamas equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | The Bahamas prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1993 | ✔ | Bahamas, The enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1993 | ✔ | The Bahamas enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1989 | ✔ | The Bahamas prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1986 | ✔ | The Bahamas explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1984 | ✔ | The Bahamas amended the Matrimonial Causes Act to recognize the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Bahamas, The | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1973 | ✔ | The Bahamas introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2022 | ✔ | Bahrain mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. It lifted restrictions on women’s ability to work at night. It also repealed provisions giving the relevant authority the power to prohibit or restrict women from working in certain jobs or industries. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2021 | ✔ | Bahrain made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2021 | ✔ | Bahrain eliminated restrictions on women's employment in arduous jobs. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2021 | ✔ | Bahrain explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2020 | ✔ | Bahrain enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2019 | ✔ | Bahrain began allowing women to be head of household. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2017 | ✔ | Bahrain enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Bahrain prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2007 | ✔ | Bahrain amended its Passport Law which no longer requires a married woman her husband's consent when applying for a passport. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 1995 | ✔ | Bahrain introduced paid paternity leave. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 1978 | ✔ | Bahrain prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Bahrain | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1978 | ✔ | Bahrain introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Bangladesh | South Asia | Marriage | 2012 | ✔ | Bangladesh enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Bangladesh | South Asia | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Bangladesh enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Bangladesh | South Asia | Parenthood | 2008 | ✔ | Bangladesh increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Bangladesh | South Asia | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | Bangladesh lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Bangladesh | South Asia | Mobility | 1974 | ✔ | Bangladesh introduced new legislation which no longer requires a married woman her husband's information when applying for a passport. |
Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2021 | ✔ | Barbados prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2019 | ✔ | Barbados enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1993 | ✔ | Barbados enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1983 | ✔ | Barbados' new Family Law Act explicitly recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1981 | ✔ | Barbados introduced the Domicile Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1978 | ✔ | Barbados prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | Belarus enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2001 | ✔ | Belarus lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 1996 | ✔ | Belarus mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1996 | ✔ | Belarus no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1995 | ✔ | Belarus introduced paid parental leave. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | Belarus explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1974 | ✔ | Belarus prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Belarus prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Belarus set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Pay | 2012 | ✔ | Belgium eliminated restrictions on women's employment in mining. It also allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Pay | 2010 | ✔ | Belgium mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Pension | 2010 | ✔ | Belgium equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2008 | ✔ | Belgium introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2004 | ✔ | Belgium enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Belgium enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Belgium prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1999 | ✔ | Belgium introduced paid parental leave. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Pay | 1998 | ✔ | Belgium lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Pension | 1998 | ✔ | Belgium equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1996 | ✔ | Belgium prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Assets | 1978 | ✔ | Belgium granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1978 | ✔ | Belgium amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1978 | ✔ | Belgium introduced legislation allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1978 | ✔ | Belgium allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Belgium | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1973 | ✔ | Belgium abolished a waiting period for remarriage, giving women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2013 | ✔ | Belize prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 2003 | ✔ | Belize reformed its Supreme Court of Judicature Act to recognize the value of nonmonetary contributions, including "any contribution made in the capacity of housewife, homemaker or parent." |
Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2002 | ✔ | Belize increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Belize enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1994 | ✔ | Belize enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1982 | ✔ | Belize introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1981 | ✔ | Belize began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2022 | ✔ | Benin removed restrictions on women’s employment in construction. Women can now work in industrial jobs in the same way as men. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2021 | ✔ | Benin allowed women to apply for a passport in the same way as men. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Benin enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | Benin enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2006 | ✔ | Benin's new Family and Personal Code granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. It also equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2006 | ✔ | Benin introduced a Family Code allowing a woman to open a bank account in the same way as a man withouh her husband's consent. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Benin allowed women to be head of household. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Benin allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2004 | x | Benin enacted new legislation that obliges employers to pay a portion of maternity benefits along with the social security system. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1999 | ✔ | Benin mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | Benin prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1975 | ✔ | Benin prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1974 | ✔ | Benin introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Bhutan | South Asia | Marriage | 2014 | ✔ | Bhutan enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Bhutan | South Asia | Parenthood | 2011 | ✔ | Bhutan introduced paid paternity leave. |
Bhutan | South Asia | Parenthood | 2008 | ✔ | Bhutan prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Bhutan | South Asia | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | Bhutan mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Bhutan | South Asia | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | Bhutan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Bhutan | South Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2002 | x | Bhutan introduced a new companies law that prescribes additional procedures for women when registering a business compared to men. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | Bolivia abolished a waiting period for remarriage, giving women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2016 | ✔ | Bolivia lifted restrictions on women’s ability to work at night and in jobs deemed dangerous. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2016 | ✔ | Bolivia allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Bolivia introduced paid paternity leave. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Bolivia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2012 | ✔ | Bolivia introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2010 | ✔ | Bolivia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2009 | ✔ | Bolivia explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | Bolivia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1989 | ✔ | Bolivia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1974 | ✔ | Bolivia granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1974 | ✔ | Bolivia enacted a new Family Code allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | Bolivia no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1974 | ✔ | Bolivia enacted a new Family Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way a man. |
Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1974 | x | Bolivia introduced a legal provision that allows a husband to object to his wife's work. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2019 | x | Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted a new law that allows women and men to retire with partial benefits at ages 56 and 61 respectively. The ages are set to equalize in 2026. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2018 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2017 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2011 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2004 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina introduced paid paternity leave. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2000 | ✔ | Bosnia and Herzegovina equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. It no longer explicitly accounts for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Botswana enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2006 | ✔ | Botswana granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. It also abolished marital power, granting spouses equal administrative authority over assets during the marriage. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2006 | ✔ | Botswana abolished its marital power provision allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Botswana allowed women to be head of household. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2006 | ✔ | Botswana introduced new legislation abolishing the marital power provision to allow a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Botswana allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1998 | ✔ | Botswana eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | Botswana introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1994 | ✔ | Botswana lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1972 | ✔ | Botswana equalized inheritance rights for male and female surviving spouses. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2021 | ✔ | Brazil eliminated the possibility to retire with partial pension benefits. Previously, the ages at which men and women could retire with partial pension benefits were unequal. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Brazil enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 2003 | ✔ | Brazil granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2003 | ✔ | Brazil introduced a new Civil Code allowing a woman to register a business in the same way as a man without her husband's consent. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2003 | ✔ | Brazil allowed women to be head of household. Brazil gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 2003 | ✔ | Brazil introduced a new Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2002 | ✔ | Brazil enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2000 | ✔ | Brazil explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Brazil prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1991 | ✔ | Brazil allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1991 | ✔ | Brazil allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1990 | ✔ | Brazil increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1990 | ✔ | Brazil lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1979 | ✔ | Brazil legalized divorce. The process is the same for women and men. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1975 | ✔ | Brazil began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1975 | x | Brazil set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Brunei Darussalam | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2011 | ✔ | Brunei Darussalam eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining and at night in industrial undertakings. It also lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Brunei Darussalam | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 2001 | ✔ | Brunei Darussalam recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Brunei Darussalam | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2001 | ✔ | Brunei Darussalam enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Brunei Darussalam | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1985 | ✔ | Brunei Darussalam explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2017 | ✔ | Bulgaria eliminated restrictions on women's employment in certain industries by limiting them to pregnant and nursing women. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2017 | x | Bulgaria set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2012 | x | Bulgaria set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | Bulgaria introduced paid paternity leave. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Bulgaria enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2006 | ✔ | Bulgaria lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2005 | ✔ | Bulgaria made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | Bulgaria prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Bulgaria enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2002 | ✔ | Bulgaria introduced paid parental leave. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2002 | ✔ | Bulgaria mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1988 | ✔ | Bulgaria prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2020 | ✔ | Burkina Faso enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2019 | ✔ | Burkina Faso made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Burkina Faso enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Burkina Faso prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1994 | ✔ | Burkina Faso lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1994 | ✔ | Burkina Faso prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1991 | ✔ | Burkina Faso granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1991 | ✔ | Burkina Faso enacted a Family Code allowing a woman to open a bank account in the same way as a man without her husband's consent. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1991 | ✔ | Burkina Faso allowed women to be head of household. |
Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1991 | ✔ | Burkina Faso allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2022 | ✔ | Burundi mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Burundi enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Burundi enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1995 | ✔ | Burundi prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1995 | ✔ | Burundi prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1994 | ✔ | Burundi no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. Burundi allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1994 | ✔ | Burundi introduced a new Family Law allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1994 | ✔ | Burundi allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Burundi introduced paid paternity leave. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | Cabo Verde prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Cabo Verde prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2005 | ✔ | Cabo Verde's Penal Code made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2005 | ✔ | Cabo Verde enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2005 | ✔ | Cabo Verde explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Cabo Verde enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1999 | ✔ | Cabo Verde gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1984 | ✔ | Cabo Verde introduced an old-age pension system that does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1983 | ✔ | Cabo Verde granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1983 | ✔ | Cabo Verde ameded its Civil Code allowing a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1983 | ✔ | Cabo Verde allowed women to be head of household. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1983 | ✔ | Cabo Verde amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1983 | ✔ | Cabo Verde allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 2022 | ✔ | Cambodia introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 2011 | ✔ | Cambodia's Penal Code made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2011 | ✔ | Cambodia adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Cambodia lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Cambodia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Cambodia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1995 | ✔ | Cambodia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 1991 | ✔ | Cambodia granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2018 | ✔ | Cameroon prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment and adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Cameroon prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | Cameroon increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | Canada introduced a new parental leave sharing benefit that reserves 35 days of paid parental leave for the father. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | Canada introduced paid parental leave. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1991 | ✔ | Canada enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1991 | ✔ | Canada adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Pay | 1988 | ✔ | Canada mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1986 | ✔ | Canada prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1986 | ✔ | Canada enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1979 | ✔ | Canada enacted the Family Reform Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Pension | 1979 | ✔ | Canada explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1978 | ✔ | Canada introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Assets | 1976 | ✔ | Canada enacted the Family Law Reform Act, recognizing the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Canada increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Canada | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1971 | ✔ | Canada prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | The Central African Republic prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Central African Republic enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2008 | ✔ | The Central African Republic equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | The Central African Republic enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1999 | ✔ | Central African Republic granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1999 | ✔ | Central African Republic introduced a new Family Code allowing a woman to open a bank account in the same way as a man whithout the representation of her husband. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1999 | ✔ | The central African Republic gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | The Central African Republic allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1977 | ✔ | The Central African Republic introduced paid paternity leave. |
Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2018 | ✔ | Chad enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2018 | ✔ | Chad enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1998 | ✔ | Chad prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1998 | ✔ | Chad mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Chad prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1979 | ✔ | Chad introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2021 | ✔ | Chile gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2013 | ✔ | Chile introduced paid parental leave. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Pension | 2009 | ✔ | Chile explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Chile enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2007 | ✔ | Chile introduced paid paternity leave. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Chile enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Chile prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Pay | 1995 | ✔ | Chile allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1991 | ✔ | Chile amended its Civil Code abolishing the marital power provision to allow a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1991 | ✔ | Chile no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1991 | ✔ | Chile amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1991 | ✔ | Chile allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Chile | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1974 | ✔ | Chile increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
China | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2013 | ✔ | China enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
China | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 2009 | x | China set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
China | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | China enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
China | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | China increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
China | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | China introduced a social security system that administers maternity benefits. |
China | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | China prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
China | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1990 | ✔ | China prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2022 | ✔ | Colombia introduced paid parental leave. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2018 | ✔ | Colombia allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2013 | ✔ | Colombia increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2013 | ✔ | Colombia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Colombia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2004 | ✔ | Colombia introduced paid paternity leave. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2002 | ✔ | Colombia gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | Colombia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1977 | ✔ | Colombia allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1976 | ✔ | Colombia no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1976 | ✔ | Colombia reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | Comoros enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2016 | ✔ | Comoros introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2014 | ✔ | Comoros mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Comoros enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1985 | ✔ | Comoros prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1985 | ✔ | Comoros prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1983 | ✔ | Comoros increased the duration of paid maternity leave to 14 weeks. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo introduced social insurance maternity benefits. Maternity leave is now paid by the government instead of the employer. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2020 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo equalized the retirement age (60 years) for women and men and established pension credits for periods of child care. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2018 | ✔ | Congo, Dem. Rep. amended its Family Code allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2018 | ✔ | Congo, Dem. Rep. no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2018 | ✔ | Congo, Dem. Rep. reformed its Family Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2018 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2018 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2017 | ✔ | Congo, Dem. Rep. introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2017 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2004 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2004 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2000 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1989 | ✔ | The Democratic Republic of Congo equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1989 | x | Congo, Dem. Rep. introduced a new family law that obliges a married woman to obey her husband. |
Congo, Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1987 | ✔ | Congo, Rep. explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Congo, Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1986 | ✔ | Congo, Rep. introduced a Family Code allowing a woman to open a bank account in the same way as a man without her husband's consent. |
Congo, Rep. | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1986 | ✔ | The Republic of Congo allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2021 | ✔ | Costa Rica lifted the ban on women's night work. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2020 | ✔ | Costa Rica mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | The Supreme Court of Costa Rica annulled a waiting period for women before remarriage. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | Costa Rica enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1996 | ✔ | Costa Rica explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | Costa Rica enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1987 | ✔ | Costa Rica increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1975 | ✔ | Costa Rica introduced divorce by mutual consent. The process is equal for women and men. Also, it no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1975 | ✔ | Costa Rica allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2020 | ✔ | Côte d’Ivoire granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2019 | x | Ivory Coast introduced restrictions for women's employment in certain industries, including mining. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2014 | ✔ | Côte d'Ivoire allowed women to be head of household. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2014 | ✔ | Côte d'Ivoire allowed women to apply for a passport in the same way as men. It also allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Côte d'Ivoire allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Côte d'Ivoire enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1996 | ✔ | Côte d'Ivoire prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1996 | ✔ | Côte d'Ivoire mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | Côte d'Ivoire prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1985 | ✔ | Côte d'Ivoire amended its Marriage Law allowing a woman to open a bank account in the same way as a man without her husband's consent. |
Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2011 | ✔ | Croatia eliminated restrictions on women's employment in certain industries, including the mining and water industries. It also lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | Croatia introduced paid paternity leave. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2009 | ✔ | Croatia's Anti-Discrimination Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2005 | ✔ | Croatia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Croatia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 1996 | ✔ | Croatia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | Croatia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1991 | ✔ | Croatia equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Mobility | 2022 | ✔ | Cyprus allowed women to apply for a passport in the same way as men. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2019 | ✔ | Cyprus introduced 10 days of paid paternity leave. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2009 | ✔ | Cyprus introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Cyprus prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties and civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 1996 | ✔ | Cyprus enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Assets | 1992 | ✔ | Cyprus recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 1991 | ✔ | Cyprus mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1989 | ✔ | Cyprus increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1988 | ✔ | Cyprus prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1974 | ✔ | Cyprus explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2019 | ✔ | The Czech Republic introduced five days of paid paternity leave. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Pay | 2013 | ✔ | The Czech Republic eliminated restrictions on women's employment in manufacturing. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2009 | ✔ | Czech Republic's Anti-Discrimination Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | The Czech Republic enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Czech Republic enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | The Czech Republic prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Pay | 1996 | ✔ | The Czech Republic lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | The Czech Republic introduced paid parental leave. |
Czech Republic | High income: OECD | Pay | 1981 | ✔ | The Czech Republic allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Denmark enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2009 | ✔ | Denmark introduced new legitation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Denmark mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Denmark enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | Denmark prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | Denmark explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1990 | ✔ | Denmark prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1986 | ✔ | Denmark introduced paid paternity leave. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Denmark | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1971 | ✔ | Denmark gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Djibouti | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2020 | ✔ | Djibouti enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Djibouti | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2019 | ✔ | Djibouti enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Djibouti | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2007 | ✔ | Djibouti mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Djibouti | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Djibouti prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Djibouti | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1996 | ✔ | Djibouti's Penal Code made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Djibouti | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1991 | ✔ | Djibouti introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2003 | ✔ | Dominica enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1977 | ✔ | Dominica introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1975 | ✔ | Dominica allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1974 | ✔ | Dominica recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | Dominica allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2018 | ✔ | The Dominican Republic increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2016 | ✔ | Dominican Republic's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | The Dominican Republic gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 2003 | ✔ | The Dominican Republic granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | Dominican Republic enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | The Dominican Republic adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1993 | ✔ | The Dominican Republic introduced paid paternity leave. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1993 | ✔ | The Dominican Republic lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1993 | ✔ | The Dominican Republic prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1980 | ✔ | Dominican Republic amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1980 | ✔ | Dominican Republic no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1980 | ✔ | Dominican Republic reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1980 | ✔ | The Dominican Republic allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2017 | ✔ | Ecuador amended its Civil Code to allow women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. A waiting period for women of 300 days before remarriage was also abolished. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Ecuador prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2007 | ✔ | Ecuador introduced paid paternity leave. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2003 | ✔ | Ecuador explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2000 | ✔ | Ecuador mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Ecuador enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties and civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | Ecuador enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1991 | ✔ | Ecuador no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1991 | ✔ | Ecuador reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1990 | ✔ | Ecuador introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1972 | ✔ | Ecuador removed provisions designating the husband as administrator of property, granting spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1972 | ✔ | Ecuador amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1972 | ✔ | Ecuador allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2022 | ✔ | Egypt made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2022 | ✔ | Egypt enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2016 | ✔ | The Arab Republic of Egypt enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | The Arab Republic of Egypt prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2002 | ✔ | Egypt, Arab Rep.'s Constitutional Court Decision removed restriction for a married woman to travel abroad without her husband's permission. |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | The Arab Republic of Egypt explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | The Arab Republic of Egypt prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 1987 | x | Egypt, Arab Rep. introduced a new personal status law that obliges a married woman to obey her husband. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | El Salvador increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | El Salvador introduced paid paternity leave. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | El Salvador began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2007 | ✔ | El Salvador enacted a new Consumer Protection Law that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | El Salvador enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | El Salvador enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1998 | ✔ | El Salvador explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1995 | ✔ | El Salvador recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1995 | ✔ | El Salvador no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. El Salvador allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1995 | ✔ | El Salvador introduced a new Family Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1995 | ✔ | El Salvador prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Equatorial Guinea introduced paid paternity leave. |
Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2014 | ✔ | Equatorial Guinea mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1991 | ✔ | Equatorial Guinea prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1991 | ✔ | Equatorial Guinea prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1985 | ✔ | Equatorial Guinea began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1985 | ✔ | Equatorial Guinea introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Eritrea prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1993 | ✔ | Eritrea granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1993 | ✔ | Eritrea allowed women to be head of household. Eritrea no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1993 | ✔ | Eritrea introduced the Transitional Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1993 | ✔ | Eritrea prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Pension | 2017 | ✔ | Estonia equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2011 | ✔ | Estonia's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Pay | 2010 | ✔ | Estonia allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Pay | 2005 | ✔ | Estonia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Estonia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | Estonia introduced paid paternity leave. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Pension | 2003 | ✔ | Estonia explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1993 | ✔ | Estonia introduced paid parental leave. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Pay | 1993 | ✔ | Estonia lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | Estonia no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1974 | ✔ | Estonia increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Estonia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Estonia | High income: OECD | Pension | 1972 | x | Estonia set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2020 | ✔ | Eswatini enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2013 | ✔ | Eswatini granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1982 | ✔ | Eswatini prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1982 | ✔ | Eswatini prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1975 | ✔ | Eswatini introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2021 | ✔ | Ethiopia increased paid maternity leave from 90 to 120 days and introduced 3 days of paid paternity leave. |
Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2013 | ✔ | Ethiopia introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Ethiopia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2002 | ✔ | Ethiopia's revised Family Code granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2002 | ✔ | Ethiopia allowed women to be head of household. Ethiopia no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2002 | ✔ | Ethiopia introduced the Revised Family Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Ethiopia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1994 | ✔ | Ethiopia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | Mobility | 2021 | ✔ | Fiji allowed women to apply for a passport in the same way as men. |
Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | Fiji introduced five days of paid paternity leave. It also increased the duration of paid maternity leave from 84 to 98 days. |
Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2011 | ✔ | Fiji enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | Fiji prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Fiji lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Fiji prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 2005 | ✔ | Fiji recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Fiji enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2010 | ✔ | Finland' new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Finland enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Pension | 2005 | ✔ | Finland explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2000 | ✔ | Finland enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Pay | 1990 | ✔ | Finland lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1988 | ✔ | Finland prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Pay | 1987 | ✔ | Finland mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1979 | ✔ | Finland introduced paid paternity leave. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Finland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1976 | ✔ | Finland increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
France | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2016 | ✔ | France introduced paid parental leave. |
France | High income: OECD | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | France allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
France | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | France enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
France | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2005 | ✔ | France gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
France | High income: OECD | Pay | 2002 | ✔ | France eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
France | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1994 | ✔ | France's Penal Code made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
France | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1994 | ✔ | France enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
France | High income: OECD | Pay | 1989 | ✔ | France lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
France | High income: OECD | Assets | 1987 | ✔ | France granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
France | High income: OECD | Pension | 1987 | ✔ | France explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
France | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1984 | ✔ | France prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
France | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1977 | ✔ | France reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
France | High income: OECD | Pay | 1974 | ✔ | France mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
France | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1972 | ✔ | France allowed women to be head of household. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2022 | ✔ | Gabon granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2022 | ✔ | Gabon allowed women to open a bank account in the same way as men and made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2022 | ✔ | Gabon no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband and allows women to be head of household in the same way as men. Gabon also enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2022 | ✔ | Gabon allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2022 | ✔ | Gabon allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2018 | ✔ | Gabon enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1996 | ✔ | Gabon prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | Gabon prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1983 | ✔ | Gabon introduced paid paternity leave. |
Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | The Gambia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2012 | ✔ | The Gambia's Woman's Act recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2012 | ✔ | The Gambia increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2012 | ✔ | The Gambia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | The Gambia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1988 | ✔ | The Gambia introduced the Matrimonial Causes Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Gambia, The | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1979 | ✔ | The Gambia introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2022 | ✔ | Georgia introduced paid parental leave. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2020 | ✔ | Georgia made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in access to financial services. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2020 | ✔ | Georgia enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2015 | ✔ | Georgia eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. It also lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2014 | ✔ | Georgia allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2011 | ✔ | Georgia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Georgia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2005 | ✔ | Georgia no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1975 | ✔ | Georgia increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1975 | ✔ | Georgia no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1975 | ✔ | Georgia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Georgia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Georgia set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Pay | 2019 | ✔ | Germany introduced new legislation that mandates equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Pay | 2010 | ✔ | Germany eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2008 | ✔ | Germany introduced a new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2008 | ✔ | Germany introduced paid paternity leave. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | Germany enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2003 | ✔ | Germany enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1999 | ✔ | Germany gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | Germany prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1987 | ✔ | Germany introduced paid parental leave. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Pension | 1987 | ✔ | Germany explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Germany | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1978 | ✔ | Germany allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Ghana enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | Ghana prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2005 | ✔ | Ghana lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Ghana prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1992 | ✔ | Ghana equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1987 | ✔ | Ghana's Intestate Succession Act made inheritance equal under law for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1973 | ✔ | Ghana introduced the Matrimonial Causes Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2022 | ✔ | Greece introduced 2 months of paid parental leave as an individual entitlement for each parent. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Pay | 2012 | ✔ | Greece mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Pension | 2012 | ✔ | Greece equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2011 | ✔ | Greece introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Greece enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | Greece eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | Greece enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Greece introduced paid paternity leave. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Pension | 1986 | ✔ | Greece explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1985 | ✔ | Greece increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1985 | ✔ | Greece prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Assets | 1984 | ✔ | Greece eliminated the husband's supremacy in conjugal and family relations, granting spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. Greece also recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1984 | ✔ | Greece allowed women to be head of household. Greece abolished a 10-month waiting period for women before remarriage, giving them the same rights to remarry as men. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1984 | ✔ | Greece allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Greece | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1984 | ✔ | Greece prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 2020 | ✔ | Grenada made international travel easier for women by allowing them to apply for a passport in the same way as men, with no need for additional documentation |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2003 | ✔ | Grenada enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2001 | ✔ | Grenada mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Grenada prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1984 | ✔ | Grenada introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1982 | ✔ | Grenada prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1975 | ✔ | Grenada introduced new legislation allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1974 | ✔ | Grenada recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | Grenada allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Guatemala revoked a provision requiring a waiting period for women before remarriage. |
Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Guatemala allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 2000 | ✔ | Guatemala granted spouses equal administrative authority over assets during marriage and equal rights to immovable property. |
Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | Guatemala enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1995 | ✔ | Guatemala began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Guatemala introduced paid paternity leave. |
Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1994 | ✔ | Guatemala lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2020 | ✔ | Guinea allowed women to be head of household and obtain a divorce in the same way as a man. |
Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2020 | ✔ | Guinea allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2020 | ✔ | Guinea allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2018 | ✔ | Guinea's new Penal Code made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2015 | ✔ | Guinea lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2015 | ✔ | Guinea prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1989 | ✔ | Guinea increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1989 | ✔ | Guinea mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | Guinea-Bissau enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1987 | ✔ | Guinea-Bissau's social security system began administering maternity benefits. |
Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1987 | ✔ | Guinea-Bissau introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1987 | ✔ | Guinea-Bissau prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1999 | ✔ | Guyana introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1999 | ✔ | Guyana prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | Guyana prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties and civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | Guyana enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1998 | ✔ | Guyana mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1992 | ✔ | Guyana recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1990 | ✔ | Guyana introduced the Domicile Reform Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2018 | ✔ | Haiti's government began administering maternity benefits. |
Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1985 | ✔ | Haiti mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1985 | ✔ | Haiti prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1984 | ✔ | Haiti introduced new legislation allowing a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1984 | ✔ | Haiti no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1984 | ✔ | Haiti allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2014 | ✔ | Honduras allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as a man. It also allowed women to be head of household. |
Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 2014 | ✔ | Honduras reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2009 | ✔ | Honduras's Consumer Law made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Honduras prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | Honduras enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Honduras enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1973 | ✔ | Honduras introduced an old-age pension system that does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2022 | ✔ | Hong Kong SAR, China increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2016 | ✔ | Hong Kong SAR, China introduced paid paternity leave. |
Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Hong Kong SAR, China prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 1997 | ✔ | Hong Kong SAR, China introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Hong Kong SAR, China enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 1988 | ✔ | Hong Kong SAR, China enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Hong Kong SAR, China | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1974 | ✔ | Hong Kong SAR, China introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Pay | 2013 | ✔ | Hungary allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2011 | ✔ | Hungary enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Pension | 2010 | ✔ | Hungary equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Hungary enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2005 | ✔ | Hungary introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Hungary prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1993 | ✔ | Hungary introduced paid paternity leave. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Pension | 1993 | x | Hungary set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Hungary | High income: OECD | Pension | 1991 | ✔ | Hungary explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2017 | ✔ | Iceland's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Iceland enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Iceland enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties and civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1999 | ✔ | Iceland introduced paid paternity leave. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1989 | ✔ | Iceland introduced paid parental leave. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1988 | ✔ | Iceland prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Pension | 1986 | ✔ | Iceland explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1977 | ✔ | Iceland increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. Iceland's government began administering maternity benefits. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Pay | 1977 | ✔ | Iceland mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Iceland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1976 | ✔ | Iceland prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
India | South Asia | Parenthood | 2021 | ✔ | The state of Maharashtra began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
India | South Asia | Pay | 2019 | ✔ | The state of Maharashtra eliminated restrictions on women’s ability to work in jobs deemed dangerous. |
India | South Asia | Parenthood | 2018 | ✔ | India increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
India | South Asia | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | India enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties and civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
India | South Asia | Marriage | 1999 | ✔ | India enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
India | South Asia | Assets | 1996 | ✔ | India reformed the Hindu Succession Act, equalizing inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
India | South Asia | Workplace | 1989 | ✔ | India prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Indonesia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | Indonesia introduced paid paternity leave. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2004 | ✔ | Indonesia allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men and lifted restrictions on women's employment in industrial jobs. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Indonesia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1999 | ✔ | Indonesia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1978 | ✔ | Indonesia introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 1975 | ✔ | Indonesia granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 1975 | ✔ | Indonesia introduced a new Marriage Law allow ing a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Mobility | 1975 | ✔ | Indonesia introduced the Marriage Law allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1975 | ✔ | Indonesia allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2015 | ✔ | The Islamic Republic of Iran introduced paid paternity leave. |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | The Islamic Republic of Iran increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1992 | x | The Islamic Republic of Iran set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Iraq | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2017 | ✔ | Iraq enacted a new passport law which no longer requires a married woman to bring a guardian when applying for a passport. |
Iraq | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Iraq increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Iraq | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2017 | ✔ | Iraq mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Iraq | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2017 | x | Iraq set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Iraq | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2017 | ✔ | Iraq enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Iraq | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 1989 | ✔ | Iraq eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining and removed restrictions on women's employment in manufacturing. |
Iraq | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 1989 | ✔ | Iraq prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2021 | ✔ | Ireland introduced two weeks of paid parental leave as an individual entitlement for each parent. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2018 | ✔ | Ireland introduced paid paternity leave. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2001 | ✔ | Ireland's Equal Status Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Ireland enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties and civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Assets | 1998 | ✔ | Ireland passed the Family Law (Divorce) Act, explicitly recognizing the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | Ireland revoked a constitutional ban on divorce, making the process equal for both spouses. Women and men also have the same rights to remarry. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Pension | 1995 | ✔ | Ireland explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1988 | ✔ | Ireland introduced the Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1983 | ✔ | Ireland enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1982 | ✔ | Ireland introduced paid maternity leave of at least 14 weeks. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Pay | 1982 | ✔ | Ireland removed restrictions on women's employment in manufacturing. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1979 | ✔ | Ireland prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1978 | ✔ | Ireland prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Ireland | High income: OECD | Pay | 1976 | ✔ | Ireland mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Pension | 2015 | ✔ | Israel equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2007 | ✔ | Israel increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Pension | 2005 | x | Israel set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2001 | ✔ | Israel made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | Israel enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties and civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Pay | 1997 | ✔ | Israel mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1992 | ✔ | Israel enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1989 | ✔ | Israel prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Israel | High income: OECD | Assets | 1975 | ✔ | Israel recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Pension | 2019 | ✔ | Italy equalized the age (67 years) at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | Italy enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Italy introduced paid paternity leave. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2007 | ✔ | Italy introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Italy enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Italy enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Pay | 2002 | ✔ | Italy eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakingsat night. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | Italy introduced paid parental leave. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | Italy explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Pay | 1979 | ✔ | Italy mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1979 | ✔ | Italy prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Assets | 1976 | ✔ | Italy recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1976 | ✔ | Italy allowed women to be head of household. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1976 | ✔ | Italy reformed its Family Law removing restriction for a married woman to choose where to live and leave the marital home wihout her husband's permission. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Italy increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Italy | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1972 | ✔ | Italy adopted its first law on divorce, allowing women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2016 | ✔ | Jamaica lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2016 | ✔ | Jamaica equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 2007 | ✔ | Jamaica recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions as a factor in property division. |
Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | Jamaica enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1990 | ✔ | Jamaica allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as a man. |
Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1990 | ✔ | Jamaica allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1981 | ✔ | Jamaica prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Japan | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2011 | ✔ | Japan introduced paid parental leave. |
Japan | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2002 | ✔ | Japan enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Japan | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1996 | ✔ | Japan introduced paid paternity leave. |
Japan | High income: OECD | Pension | 1992 | ✔ | Japan explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Japan | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1986 | ✔ | Japan increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Japan | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1974 | ✔ | Japan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Jordan | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2021 | ✔ | Jordan made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Jordan | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2021 | ✔ | Jordan allowed women to apply for a passport in the same way as men. |
Jordan | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | Jordan introduced three days of paid paternity leave. |
Jordan | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2020 | ✔ | Jordan lifted restrictions on women’s ability to work at night. It also enacted legislation that mandates equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Jordan | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2011 | ✔ | Jordan explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Jordan | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Jordan enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Jordan | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1981 | ✔ | Jordan introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Jordan | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 1980 | ✔ | Jordan began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2017 | x | Kazakhstan set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2011 | ✔ | Kazakhstan enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | Kazakhstan introduced paid parental leave. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | Kazakhstan lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Kazakhstan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | Kazakhstan explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1981 | x | Kazakhstan no longer prohibits gender discrimination in employment. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1974 | ✔ | Kazakhstan no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1974 | ✔ | Kazakhstan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Kazakhstan increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Kazakhstan set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2017 | ✔ | Kenya enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2015 | ✔ | Kenya recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | Kenya prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Kenya mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining and in industrial undertakings at night. |
Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Kenya prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | Kenya enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1974 | ✔ | Kenya equalized inheritance rights for sons and daughters. |
Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1972 | ✔ | Kenya introduced the Domicile Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Kiribati prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2017 | ✔ | Kiribati eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining and in industrial undertakings at night. It also lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2017 | ✔ | Kiribati enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties and civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | Kiribati enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Kiribati mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Kiribati prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1979 | ✔ | Kiribati introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea introduced paid paternity leave. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Pension | 2009 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea allowed women to be head of household. Korea, Rep. gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1999 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Assets | 1991 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea's new Family Law equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. It also recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1991 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea reformed its Civil Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1989 | ✔ | The Republic of Korea prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Korea, Rep. | High income: OECD | Pension | 1975 | ✔ | The Republic of Kora introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2012 | ✔ | Kosovo increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2006 | ✔ | Kosovo introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2005 | ✔ | Kosovo mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2004 | ✔ | Kosovo enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2003 | x | Kosovo decreased the duration of paid maternity leave to less than 14 weeks. It also enacted legislation that obliges employers to share in the administration of maternity benefits. |
Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2003 | ✔ | Kosovo equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It no longer explicitly accounts for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Kosovo prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1998 | ✔ | Kosovo equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Kuwait | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2022 | ✔ | Kuwait prohibited gender discrimination in employment and adopted legislation on sexual harassment in employment. |
Kuwait | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2021 | ✔ | Kuwait enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Kuwait | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2020 | x | Kuwait set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Kuwait | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2011 | ✔ | Kuwait amended its passport law which no longer requires women the consent of her husband when applying for a passport. |
Kuwait | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1978 | ✔ | Kuwait introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2008 | x | Kyrgyz Republic enacted legislation that obliges employers to pay the first ten days of maternity leave. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2006 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2004 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2004 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1999 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1972 | ✔ | Kyrgyz Republic increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Kyrgyz Republic | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Kyrgyz Republic set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2015 | ✔ | Lao PDR increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 2015 | x | Lao PDR set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It no longer explicitly accounts for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2015 | ✔ | Lao PDR enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | Lao PDR eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. It also lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 2007 | ✔ | Lao PDR amended its Penal Law that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Lao PDR enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 2001 | ✔ | Lao PDR introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1995 | ✔ | Lao PDR prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1995 | ✔ | Lao PDR prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 1992 | ✔ | Lao PDR granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 1992 | ✔ | Lao PDR enacted a new family law, allowing women to obtain a divorce and remarry in the same way as men. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1992 | ✔ | Lao PDR allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 1987 | ✔ | Lao PDR granted spouses equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Mobility | 1977 | ✔ | Lao PDR introduced new legislation allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Lao PDR | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 1972 | ✔ | Lao PDR allowed women to be head of household. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | Latvia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2009 | ✔ | Latvia amended its Consumer Rights Proteccion Law that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Latvia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2004 | ✔ | Latvia introduced paid paternity leave. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Pay | 2003 | ✔ | Latvia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Latvia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | Latvia equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Latvia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1972 | ✔ | Latvia increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Latvia | High income: OECD | Pension | 1972 | x | Latvia set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Lebanon | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2022 | ✔ | Lebanon enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment and also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Lebanon | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | Lebanon enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Lebanon | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | Lebanon prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Lebanon | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Lebanon prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2012 | ✔ | Lesotho equalized inheritance rights for sons and daughters. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2008 | ✔ | Lesotho granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2007 | ✔ | Lesotho enacted the Legal Capacity of Married Persons Act abolishing the marital power provision to allow a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Lesotho allowed women to be head of household. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2007 | ✔ | Lesotho introduced the Legal Capacity of Married Persons Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Lesotho allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2006 | ✔ | Lesotho introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Lesotho prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1994 | ✔ | Lesotho mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1994 | ✔ | Lesotho prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1993 | ✔ | Lesotho equalized inheritance rights for male and female surviving spouses. |
Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2019 | ✔ | Liberia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Liberia increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2017 | ✔ | Liberia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2017 | ✔ | Liberia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1974 | ✔ | Liberia granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1974 | ✔ | Liberia enacted a new Domestic Relations Law allowing a woman to sing a legally biding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | Liberia allowed women to be head of household. |
Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1974 | ✔ | Liberia allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Libya | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2011 | ✔ | Libya prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Libya | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2011 | ✔ | Libya mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Libya | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2011 | x | Libya set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Libya | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2011 | ✔ | Libya prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Libya | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 1985 | ✔ | Libya no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Lithuania enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2008 | ✔ | Lithuania introduced paid paternity leave. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Pension | 2005 | x | Lithuania set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2004 | ✔ | Lithuania introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Pay | 2004 | ✔ | Lithuania eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. It also lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2002 | ✔ | Lithuania introduced paid parental leave. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2002 | ✔ | Lithuania adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Pay | 2000 | ✔ | Lithuania mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Lithuania enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Pension | 1996 | ✔ | Lithuania no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Pension | 1974 | ✔ | Lithuania no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Lithuania prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1973 | ✔ | Lithuania prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Lithuania | High income: OECD | Pension | 1972 | x | Lithuania set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | Luxembourg gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2012 | ✔ | Luxembourg introduced paid paternity leave. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2009 | ✔ | Luxembourg introduced a new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | Luxembourg eliminated restrictions on women's employment in mining and in industrial undertakings at night. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2005 | ✔ | Luxembourg enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Pension | 2002 | ✔ | Luxembourg explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Luxembourg enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2000 | ✔ | Luxembourg introduced paid parental leave. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1983 | ✔ | Luxembourg prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1977 | ✔ | Luxembourg prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Pay | 1976 | ✔ | Luxembourg mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Assets | 1975 | ✔ | Luxembourg granted spouses equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Assets | 1974 | ✔ | Luxembourg granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1974 | ✔ | Luxembourg introduced new legislation allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | Luxembourg no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1974 | ✔ | Luxembourg reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Luxembourg | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1974 | ✔ | Luxembourg allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2021 | ✔ | Madagascar enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2015 | ✔ | Madagascar equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It also equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2009 | ✔ | Madagascar granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. Madagascar granted spouses equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2006 | ✔ | Madagascar lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Madagascar prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2002 | ✔ | Madagascar enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1996 | ✔ | Madagascar explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1977 | ✔ | Madagascar prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2016 | ✔ | Malawi passed the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill, which recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Malawi enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2013 | ✔ | Malawi introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Malawi enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2006 | ✔ | Malawi eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | Malawi prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2001 | ✔ | Malawi mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | Malawi prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1995 | ✔ | Malawi's new constitution equalized inheritance rights for male and female surviving spouses. |
Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2013 | ✔ | Malaysia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 1996 | ✔ | Malaysia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 1986 | ✔ | Malaysia recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Maldives | South Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2018 | ✔ | Maldives' Gender Equality Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Maldives | South Asia | Workplace | 2016 | ✔ | Maldives enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Maldives | South Asia | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Maldives enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Maldives | South Asia | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | Maldives introduced paid paternity leave. |
Maldives | South Asia | Pension | 2010 | ✔ | Maldives introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Maldives | South Asia | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | Maldives prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Maldives | South Asia | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Maldives allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Maldives | South Asia | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Maldives prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2019 | ✔ | Mali enacted legislation that mandates equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2019 | ✔ | Mali enacted legislation that prohibits discrimination in employment based on gender. |
Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2013 | ✔ | Mali equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2001 | ✔ | Mali explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Mali increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2015 | ✔ | Malta equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It also equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Malta legalized divorce, equally granting the right to both spouses. There is no waiting period before remarriage for either spouse. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | Malta introduced paid paternity leave. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Malta enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2005 | ✔ | Malta introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Malta prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2004 | x | Malta set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Malta enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2003 | ✔ | Malta mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | Malta increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Assets | 1995 | ✔ | Malta granted spouses equal administrative authority over assets during the marriage. It also granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 1995 | ✔ | Malta allowed women to be head of household. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 1995 | ✔ | Malta reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1988 | x | Malta set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 1987 | ✔ | Malta prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 1982 | ✔ | Malta allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Malta | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1975 | ✔ | Malta allowed women to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without their husband's consent. |
Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 2021 | ✔ | The Marshall Islands made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination when providing financial services. |
Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2021 | ✔ | The Marshall Islands mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2021 | ✔ | The Marshall Islands prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Marshall Islands enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2016 | ✔ | Mauritania equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It also equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Mauritania prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1981 | x | Mauritania no longer prohibits gender discrimination in employment. |
Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1975 | ✔ | Mauritania introduced paid paternity leave. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Mauritius increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2014 | ✔ | Mauritius mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2010 | ✔ | Mauritius' Equal Oportunity Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | Mauritius prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2010 | ✔ | Mauritius eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Mauritius prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Mauritius enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1999 | ✔ | Mauritius enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1982 | ✔ | Mauritius allowed women to be head of household. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1982 | ✔ | Mauritius reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1981 | ✔ | Mauritius granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1978 | ✔ | Mauritius introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2015 | ✔ | Mexico's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Mexico prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Mexico prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Mexico allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as a man. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Mexico enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 2001 | ✔ | Mexico recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2001 | ✔ | Mexico gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1992 | ✔ | Mexico enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1985 | ✔ | Mexico amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1976 | ✔ | Mexico allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2019 | ✔ | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2019 | ✔ | Moldova lifted restrictions on women’s ability to hold jobs deemed dangerous. It also eliminated restrictions on women’s ability to work in certain industries. Now, such restrictions are limited to women who are pregnant, nursing or postpartum. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2019 | x | Moldova introduced different mandatory retirement ages for women and men. Employers may now terminate the contracts of women at age 58 and 6 months and of men at age 63. The ages are set to equalize in 2028. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2018 | ✔ | Moldova introduced paid paternity leave. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2012 | ✔ | Moldova lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Moldova enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2007 | ✔ | Moldova introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Moldova enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2004 | ✔ | Moldova mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2000 | ✔ | Moldova explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1998 | ✔ | Moldova no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | Moldova introduced paid parental leave. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1975 | ✔ | Moldova prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Moldova prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1972 | ✔ | Moldova increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Moldova set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2019 | ✔ | Mongolia introduced paid parental leave. |
Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2018 | ✔ | Mongolia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 2012 | ✔ | Mongolia introduced new legislation that makes ccess to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2012 | ✔ | Mongolia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2010 | ✔ | Mongolia eliminated all restrictions on women's employment. |
Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | Mongolia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1992 | ✔ | Mongolia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2021 | ✔ | Montenegro eliminated restrictions on women's employment in industrial jobs such as mining, construction, manufacturing and the water sector. It also removed restrictions on women's employment in jobs deemed dangerous. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Montenegro enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2013 | ✔ | Montenegro introduced paid parental leave. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2012 | ✔ | Montenegro's Prohibition of Discrimination Law made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2012 | ✔ | Montenegro enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2012 | x | Montenegro set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Montenegro enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Montenegro prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2004 | ✔ | Montenegro no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1992 | ✔ | Montenegro equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2019 | ✔ | Morocco enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2006 | ✔ | Morocco increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2005 | ✔ | Morocco amended its Penal Code that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2005 | ✔ | Morocco allowed women to be head of household. Morocco no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | Morocco prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2005 | ✔ | Morocco mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Morocco prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Morocco allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 1995 | ✔ | Morocco enacted new legislation which no longer requires a married woman her husband's consent when applying for a passport. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2019 | ✔ | Mozambique made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2011 | ✔ | Mozambique enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | Mozambique began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2009 | ✔ | Mozambique explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Mozambique prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2006 | ✔ | Mozambique granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2006 | ✔ | Mozambique introduced a new Family Law allowing a woman to sing a legally biding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2006 | ✔ | Mozambique allowed women to be head of household and gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2006 | ✔ | Mozambique introduced a new Family Law allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Mozambique allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1987 | ✔ | Mozambique prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Myanmar increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Namibia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Namibia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2005 | ✔ | Namibia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1997 | ✔ | Namibia removed the husband's marital power, granting spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1997 | ✔ | Namibia enacted th Married Persons Equality Act abolishing the marital power provision to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | Namibia allowed women to be head of household. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1997 | ✔ | Namibia introduced the Married Persons Equality Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Namibia allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1996 | ✔ | Namibia began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1993 | ✔ | Namibia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | Namibia introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Nepal | South Asia | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | Nepal increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Nepal | South Asia | Pension | 2020 | ✔ | Nepal adopted its first old age pension system that allows both women and men to retire with full pension benefits at age 60. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Nepal | South Asia | Assets | 2019 | ✔ | Nepal equalized inheritance rights for sons and daughters and for male and female surviving spouses. |
Nepal | South Asia | Marriage | 2019 | ✔ | Nepal allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as a man. |
Nepal | South Asia | Mobility | 2019 | x | Nepal introduced a provision that restricts women from choosing where to live in the same way as men. |
Nepal | South Asia | Parenthood | 2019 | ✔ | Nepal introduced 15 days of paid paternity leave. |
Nepal | South Asia | Pay | 2019 | ✔ | Nepal lifted restrictions on women’s ability to work at night. It also mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Nepal | South Asia | Workplace | 2019 | ✔ | Nepal enacted new legislation that prohibits discrimination in employment based on gender. |
Nepal | South Asia | Workplace | 2016 | ✔ | Nepal enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Nepal | South Asia | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Nepal enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Nepal | South Asia | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Nepal allowed women to be head of household. |
Nepal | South Asia | Assets | 2003 | ✔ | Nepal granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | The Netherlands enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | The Netherlands introduced paid paternity leave. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | The Netherlands adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | The Netherlands enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1995 | ✔ | The Netherlands' Equal Treatment Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1991 | ✔ | The Netherlands prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Pay | 1990 | ✔ | The Netherlands lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Pay | 1987 | ✔ | The Netherlands eliminated restrictions on women's ability to work at night in factories and other industrial workplaces. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1981 | ✔ | The Netherlands prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Netherlands | High income: OECD | Pay | 1976 | ✔ | The Netherlands mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Pay | 2021 | ✔ | New Zealand mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | New Zealand introduced paid parental leave. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2007 | ✔ | New Zealand increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | New Zealand's government began administering maternity benefits. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | New Zealand enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1995 | ✔ | New Zealand introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1988 | ✔ | New Zealand enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Pay | 1983 | ✔ | New Zealand lifted the ban on women's employment |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1982 | ✔ | New Zealand prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1979 | ✔ | New Zealand prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Assets | 1978 | ✔ | New Zealand explicitly recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
New Zealand | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1978 | ✔ | New Zealand introduced the Domicile Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | Nicaragua allowed women to be head of household and gave them the same rights to remarry as men. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 2016 | ✔ | Nicaragua introduced a new Family Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2016 | ✔ | Nicaragua introduced paid paternity leave. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2015 | ✔ | Nicaragua's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Nicaragua enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Nicaragua enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Nicaragua prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1989 | ✔ | Nicaragua recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions, including domestic work. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1989 | ✔ | Nicaragua allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1983 | x | Nicaragua no longer explicitly accounts for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2019 | ✔ | Niger removed restrictions on women’s employment in mining, construction and manufacturing. Women can now work in these industries in the same way as men. |
Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Niger enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1998 | ✔ | Niger prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1998 | ✔ | Niger mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Niger prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1974 | ✔ | Niger introduced paid paternity leave. |
Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2013 | ✔ | Nigeria enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Nigeria enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1973 | ✔ | Nigeria equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | North Macedonia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2011 | ✔ | North Macedonia introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | North Macedonia introduced paid paternity leave. |
North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | North Macedonia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | North Macedonia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1995 | ✔ | North Macedonia equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | North Macedonia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Norway | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Norway enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Norway | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Norway enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Norway | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | Norway introduced paid paternity leave. |
Norway | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1993 | ✔ | Norway gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Norway | High income: OECD | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | Norway explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Norway | High income: OECD | Pay | 1980 | ✔ | Norway mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Norway | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1980 | ✔ | Norway prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Norway | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1978 | ✔ | Norway prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It began administering maternity benefits. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Oman | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2022 | ✔ | Oman allowed women to apply for a passport in the same way as men. |
Oman | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Oman enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Oman | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | Oman introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2022 | x | Pakistan failed to convert into law a decree that would permanently equalize men’s and women’s ability to register a business. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Pay | 2022 | ✔ | Pakistan lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2021 | ✔ | Pakistan allowed women to register a business in the same way as a men. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Parenthood | 2019 | ✔ | Pakistan increased the duration of paid maternity leave from 84 to 112 days. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Workplace | 2018 | ✔ | Pakistan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Marriage | 2014 | ✔ | Pakistan enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Workplace | 2011 | ✔ | Pakistan enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Pension | 1988 | x | Pakistan set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Entrepreneurship | 1986 | x | Pakistan introduced a new companies law that prescribes additional procedures for women when registering a business compared to men. |
Pakistan | South Asia | Pension | 1977 | ✔ | Pakistan introduced an old-age pension system that does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Palau | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2014 | ✔ | Palau enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2018 | ✔ | Panama introduced paid paternity leave. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2015 | ✔ | Panama adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Panama prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2003 | ✔ | Panama enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Panama enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1996 | ✔ | Panama allowed women to register a business in the same way as men. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1996 | ✔ | Panama removed ban on women's employment in mining and construction. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | Panama allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1995 | ✔ | Panama recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1995 | ✔ | Panama allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1995 | ✔ | Panama allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | Papua New Guinea enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1982 | ✔ | Papua New Guinea introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1980 | ✔ | Papua New Guinea prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Paraguay increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2002 | ✔ | Paraguay enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2000 | ✔ | Paraguay introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | Paraguay enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1995 | ✔ | Paraguay mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1994 | ✔ | Paraguay granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1994 | ✔ | Paraguay amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to register a business in the same way as a man without her husband's consent. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1994 | ✔ | Paraguay allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men and gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1994 | ✔ | Paraguay allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. It also prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1987 | ✔ | Paraguay introduced a Civil Code allowing a woman choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1976 | ✔ | Paraguay lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Peru increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2011 | ✔ | Peru introduced paid paternity leave. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | Peru mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Peru enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2000 | ✔ | Peru's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1998 | ✔ | Peru prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1998 | ✔ | Peru equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Peru prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | Peru equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1995 | ✔ | Peru enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1993 | x | Peru set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1986 | ✔ | Peru's new Civil Code granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. It also recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1986 | ✔ | Peru allowed women to be head of household. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1986 | ✔ | Peru introduced a new Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1986 | ✔ | Peru allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | The Philippines extended the duration of paid maternity leave from 60 to 105 days. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2020 | x | The Philippines enacted legislation that obliges employers to share in the administration of maternity benefits. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2013 | ✔ | The Philippines elimiated restrictions on women's ability to work in industrial undertakings at night. It also lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2005 | ✔ | The Philippines enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1998 | ✔ | The Philippines introduced paid paternity leave. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | The Philippines enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 1993 | ✔ | The Philippines introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 1990 | ✔ | The Philippines mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 1989 | ✔ | The Philippines introduced a new Family Code allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, open a bank account, and register a business in the same way as a man without her husband's consent. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Mobility | 1989 | ✔ | The Philippines introduced a Family Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1989 | ✔ | The Philippines allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1975 | ✔ | The Philippines prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1974 | ✔ | The Philippines's social security system began administering maternity benefits. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Pay | 2018 | ✔ | Poland allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. It also removed all restrictions on women's employment. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Pension | 2018 | ✔ | Poland no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Poland introduced paid parental leave. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Pension | 2014 | x | Poland set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2012 | ✔ | Poland's Equal Treatment Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2012 | ✔ | Poland prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2011 | ✔ | Poland introduced paid paternity leave. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Poland enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Poland mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Pension | 2000 | ✔ | Poland no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1999 | ✔ | Poland enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Pension | 1984 | x | Poland set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1976 | ✔ | Poland prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Pension | 1976 | x | Poland set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Poland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1974 | ✔ | Poland increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2021 | ✔ | Portugal gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | Portugal introduced paid parental leave. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2009 | ✔ | Portugal introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Portugal prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Pay | 2005 | ✔ | Portugal removed restrictionson women's employment in industrial undertakings. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2005 | ✔ | Portugal enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | Portugal introduced paid paternity leave. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1997 | ✔ | Portugal increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1996 | ✔ | Portugal enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Pension | 1995 | ✔ | Portugal explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1990 | ✔ | Portugal introduced new legislation which no longer establishes differences in the application procedures for a married woman when applying for a passport. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Pay | 1981 | ✔ | Portugal mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Assets | 1979 | ✔ | Portugal granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1979 | ✔ | Portugal amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1979 | ✔ | Portugal allowed women to be head of household. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1979 | ✔ | Portugal reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Portugal | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1979 | ✔ | Portugal allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Puerto Rico (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2021 | ✔ | Puerto Rico, U.S., gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Puerto Rico (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1991 | ✔ | Puerto Rico enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Puerto Rico (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1989 | ✔ | Puerto Rico enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Puerto Rico (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1978 | ✔ | Puerto Rico made both spouses administrators of marital property, granting them equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Puerto Rico (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1978 | ✔ | Puerto Rico no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Puerto Rico (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1978 | ✔ | Puerto Rico reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Puerto Rico (U.S.) | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1976 | ✔ | Puerto Rico's Equal Credit Opportunity Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Qatar | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2008 | ✔ | Qatar introduced new legal amendments which no longer requires a married woman her guardian's consent when applying for a passport. |
Qatar | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2006 | x | Qatar prohibited women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2008 | ✔ | Romania's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2004 | ✔ | Romania enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2004 | ✔ | Romania prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2004 | ✔ | Romania lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2003 | ✔ | Romania mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Romania enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | Romania introduced paid paternity leave. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1974 | x | Romania set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Romania | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1973 | ✔ | Romania prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2003 | ✔ | The Russian Federation mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2000 | ✔ | The Russian Federation lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1997 | ✔ | The Russian Federation introduced paid parental leave. |
Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | The Russian Federation no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1992 | ✔ | The Russian Federation explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | The Russian Federation prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1973 | ✔ | The Russian Federation prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Russian Federation | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | The Russian Federation set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2021 | ✔ | Rwanda gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2020 | ✔ | Rwanda introduced equal remuneration for work of equal value |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2018 | ✔ | Rwanda allowed women to be head of household. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2018 | ✔ | Rwanda introduced new legislation allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Rwanda enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Rwanda enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2004 | ✔ | Rwanda introduced paid paternity leave. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2003 | ✔ | Rwanda allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Rwanda prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2001 | ✔ | Rwanda reformed its Civil Code, granting spouses equal rights to immovable property and equalizing inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2014 | ✔ | Samoa enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Samoa prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2014 | ✔ | Samoa lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Samoa prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 2012 | ✔ | Samoa recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions, including unpaid work caring for family members. |
Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1973 | ✔ | Samoa introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | San Marino enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | Assets | 1987 | ✔ | San Marino recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 1987 | ✔ | San Marino allowed women to be head of household. San Marino legalized divorce, allowing women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | Mobility | 1987 | ✔ | San Marino reformed its Family Law removing restriction for a married woman to choose where to live and leave the marital home without her husband's permission. |
San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1987 | ✔ | San Marino allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1982 | ✔ | San Marino prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2020 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe lifted restrictions on women’s ability to work at night, in mining and in jobs deemed dangerous. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2016 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1993 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1981 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe introduced an old-age pension system that does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1980 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe introduced a social security system that administers maternity benefits. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1979 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1979 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe enacted a new Family Law allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1979 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe allowed women to be head of household. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1979 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe introduced a Family Law allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1979 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1977 | ✔ | São Tomé and Príncipe enacted new legislation which no longer establishes differences in the application procedures for a married woman when applying for a passport. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2021 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia eliminated all restrictions on women's employment. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2020 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2020 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia began allowing women to be head of household and removed the legal obligation for a married woman to obey her husband. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2020 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia improved women’s mobility by removing restrictions on obtaining a passport and traveling abroad. New legal amendments also equalized a woman’s right to choose where to live and leave the marital home. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2020 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia equalized the age (60 years) at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It also mandated a retirement age of 60 years for both women and men. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2020 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2019 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2012 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Saudi Arabia | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2007 | ✔ | Saudi Arabia introduced paid paternity leave. |
Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2021 | ✔ | Senegal prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2000 | ✔ | Senegal enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | Senegal enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1991 | ✔ | Senegal explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1984 | ✔ | Senegal introduced paid paternity leave. |
Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1982 | ✔ | Senegal increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1979 | ✔ | Senegal introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It also sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1974 | ✔ | Senegal allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2016 | x | Serbia set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2011 | ✔ | Serbia introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2010 | ✔ | Serbia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Serbia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Serbia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2004 | ✔ | Serbia no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | Serbia introduced paid paternity leave. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Serbia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1998 | ✔ | Serbia equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | The Seychelles introduced paid paternity leave. |
Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2001 | ✔ | Seychelles enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1996 | ✔ | The Seychelles prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | The Seychelles prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1995 | ✔ | The Seychelles increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1977 | ✔ | Seychelles introduced a Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1972 | ✔ | Seychelles allowed women to be head of household. |
Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1972 | ✔ | The Seychelles introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2022 | ✔ | Sierra Leone made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2021 | ✔ | Sierra Leone adopted legislation on sexual harassment in employment. |
Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2010 | ✔ | Sierra Leone granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2010 | ✔ | Sierra Leone introduced the Registration of Customary Marriage and Divorce Act llowing a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | Sierra Leone allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2009 | ✔ | Sierra Leone equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Sierra Leone enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2003 | ✔ | Sierra Leone introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It also sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2016 | ✔ | Singapore enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2015 | ✔ | Singapore introduced paid parental leave. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | Singapore increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2005 | ✔ | Singapore allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as a man. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 1998 | ✔ | Singapore recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 1997 | ✔ | Singapore eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 1990 | ✔ | Singapore lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 1988 | ✔ | Singapore enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | Mobility | 1983 | ✔ | Singapore allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Pension | 2021 | x | Slovak Republic established unequal ages for men and women to retire with full and partial pension benefits. The mandatory retirement age for men and women is also now unequal. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Pay | 2012 | ✔ | Slovak Republic allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Pension | 2011 | ✔ | Slovak Republic equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Pension | 2009 | x | Slovak Republic set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Slovak Republic enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Slovak Republic enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2005 | ✔ | Slovak Republic introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Pay | 2005 | ✔ | Slovak Republic eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. It also lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Pension | 2005 | ✔ | Slovak Republic no longer establishes an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Pension | 2003 | x | The Slovak Republic set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | The Slovak Republic prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1994 | ✔ | The Slovak Republic prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Slovak Republic | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1991 | ✔ | The Slovak Republic introduced paid parental leave. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Pension | 2021 | ✔ | Slovenia equalized the ages (65 years) at which men and women can retire with full pension benefits. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Pension | 2019 | ✔ | Slovenia equalized the age (60 years) at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Slovenia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2005 | ✔ | Slovenia introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | Slovenia introduced paid paternity leave. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | Slovenia introduced paid parental leave. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Pay | 2003 | ✔ | Slovenia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Pension | 2003 | ✔ | Slovenia no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Slovenia | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Slovenia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | Solomon Islands enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1974 | ✔ | Solomon Islands introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1974 | ✔ | Somalia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1974 | ✔ | Somalia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1974 | ✔ | Somalia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2015 | ✔ | South Africa mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2015 | ✔ | South Africa enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2013 | ✔ | South Africa enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | South Africa increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2001 | ✔ | South Africa introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2001 | ✔ | South Africa enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2000 | ✔ | South Africa prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1999 | ✔ | South Africa introduced paid paternity leave. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1997 | ✔ | South Africa prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1997 | ✔ | South Africa eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1995 | ✔ | South Africa granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1995 | ✔ | South Africa enacted the General Law Fourth Amendment abolishing the Legal Capacity of Married Persons Act abolishing the marital power provision to allow a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husband's consent. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 1995 | ✔ | South Africa allowed women to be head of household. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1995 | ✔ | South Africa allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1993 | ✔ | South Africa enacted the Domicile Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1989 | ✔ | South Africa's Intestate Succession Act equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1986 | ✔ | South Africa granted spouses equal administrative authority over assets during marriage and recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1984 | ✔ | South Africa lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2019 | ✔ | South Sudan introduced 10 days of paid paternity leave. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2019 | ✔ | South Sudan lifted restrictions on women’s ability to work at night, underground, underwater and in jobs deemed dangerous. It also mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2019 | ✔ | South Sudan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2014 | x | South Sudan set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also no longer explicitly accounts for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2013 | ✔ | South Sudan introduced a new Passport and Immigration Act which no longer establishes differences in the application procedures for a married woman when applying for a passport. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 2010 | ✔ | South Sudan equalized inheritance rights for sons and daughters. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2010 | ✔ | South Sudan enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2009 | ✔ | South Sudan equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1998 | ✔ | South Sudan prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1991 | ✔ | South Sudan introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2022 | ✔ | Spain introduced 16 weeks of paid parental leave as an individual entitlement for fathers. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2008 | ✔ | Spain's Equality of Women and Men Law made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | Spain enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Pay | 1997 | ✔ | Spain allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. It also removed restrictions on women's employment in industrial undertakings. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Spain enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1996 | ✔ | Spain prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Pay | 1995 | ✔ | Spain mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Assets | 1983 | ✔ | Spain granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1983 | ✔ | Spain legalized divorce, equally granting the right to both spouses. There is no waiting period before remarriage for either spouse. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1983 | ✔ | Spain reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1981 | ✔ | Spain prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1979 | ✔ | Spain enacted new passport law which no longer requires a married woman her husband's consent when applying for a passport. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1977 | ✔ | Spain increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1976 | ✔ | Spain amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to sing a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account without her husban's consent. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1976 | ✔ | Spain no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Pension | 1976 | ✔ | Spain explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Spain | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1976 | ✔ | Spain allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Sri Lanka | South Asia | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Sri Lanka enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Sri Lanka | South Asia | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Sri Lanka enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
St. Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2001 | ✔ | St. Kitts and Nevis enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
St. Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1988 | ✔ | St. Kitts and Nevis prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
St. Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1980 | ✔ | St. Kitts and Nevis began administering maternity benefits through its social insurance system. |
St. Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1979 | ✔ | St. Kitts and Nevis explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
St. Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | St. Kitts and Nevis allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | St. Lucia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | St. Lucia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2001 | ✔ | St. Lucia explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | St. Lucia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1996 | ✔ | St. Lucia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1991 | ✔ | St. Lucia granted spouses equal administrative authority over assets during the marriage. It also granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1991 | ✔ | St. Lucia no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1991 | ✔ | St. Lucia reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1981 | ✔ | St. Lucia introduced a social security system that provides maternity benefits. |
St. Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1972 | ✔ | St. Lucia introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | St. Vincent and the Grenadines prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | St. Vincent and the Grenadines enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1996 | ✔ | St. Vincent and the Grenadines explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1991 | ✔ | St. Vincent and the Grenadines recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | St. Vincent and the Grenadines allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2009 | ✔ | Sudan equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1998 | ✔ | Sudan prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1991 | ✔ | Sudan introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2021 | ✔ | Suriname introduced 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 8 days of paid paternity leave. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | Suriname prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2020 | ✔ | Suriname prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2016 | x | Suriname no longer explicitly accounts for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Suriname enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 1985 | ✔ | Suriname lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1982 | ✔ | Suriname granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 1982 | ✔ | Suriname introduced new legislation allowing a woman to sing a legally binding contract and open a bank account in the same way as a man without her husband's consent. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1982 | ✔ | Suriname allowed women to be head of household and no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1982 | ✔ | Suriname introduced new legislation allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same ways as a man. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1982 | ✔ | Suriname introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1982 | ✔ | Suriname allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 2014 | ✔ | Sweden's Discrimination Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Sweden enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Pension | 2000 | ✔ | Sweden explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | Sweden prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Pay | 1992 | ✔ | Sweden mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1990 | ✔ | Sweden enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1981 | ✔ | Sweden introduced paid paternity leave. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1981 | ✔ | Sweden prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Sweden | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1974 | ✔ | Sweden introduced paid parental leave. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2022 | ✔ | Switzerland introduced 2 weeks of paid paternity leave. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Switzerland enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2006 | ✔ | Switzerland's government began administering maternity benefits. It also increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Marriage | 2000 | ✔ | Switzerland gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Switzerland prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Pay | 1996 | ✔ | Switzerland mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Pension | 1996 | ✔ | Switzerland explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | Switzerland enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1989 | ✔ | Switzerland prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Assets | 1986 | ✔ | Switzerland granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1986 | ✔ | Switzerland allowed women to be head of household. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1986 | ✔ | Switzerland amended its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Switzerland | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1986 | ✔ | Switzerland allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2020 | ✔ | The Syrian Arab Republic allowed a married woman to leave the home without her husband's permission. |
Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2011 | ✔ | Syrian Arab Republic prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2011 | ✔ | Syrian Arab Republic prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Syrian Arab Republic allowed women to be head of household. |
Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | Syrian Arab Republic increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Syrian Arab Republic | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2003 | x | Syrian Arab Republic set unequal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2015 | ✔ | Taiwan, China eliminated all restrictions on women's employment by limiting them to pregnant and nursing women. It also allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | Taiwan, China increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also introduced paid parental leave. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 2004 | ✔ | Taiwan, China repealed provisions giving the husband sole administrative authority over marital property, granting spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | Taiwan, China prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Taiwan, China prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2000 | ✔ | Taiwan, China enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Mobility | 2000 | ✔ | Taiwan, China reformed its Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 1997 | ✔ | Taiwan, China lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 1987 | ✔ | Taiwan, China recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Taiwan, China | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 1986 | ✔ | Taiwan, China mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2018 | ✔ | Tajikistan lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2014 | ✔ | Tajikistan enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2006 | ✔ | Tajikistan introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1998 | ✔ | Tajikistan introduced paid parental leave. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 1998 | ✔ | Tajikistan mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1998 | ✔ | Tajikistan no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1998 | ✔ | Tajikistan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1995 | ✔ | Tajikistan explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Tajikistan prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Tajikistan set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2006 | ✔ | Tanzania began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2006 | ✔ | Tanzania mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Tanzania prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | Tanzania prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | Tanzania enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1985 | ✔ | Tanzania recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2020 | ✔ | Thailand introduced new legislation that mandates equal remuneration for women and men who perform work of equal value. |
Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Thailand enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. Thailand allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2009 | ✔ | Thailand enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 2000 | ✔ | Thailand introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1999 | ✔ | Thailand prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1999 | ✔ | Thailand prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 2019 | ✔ | Timor-Leste explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2018 | ✔ | Timor-Leste introduced a social security system that administers maternity benefits. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Assets | 2013 | ✔ | Timor-Leste's Civil Code gave spouses equal rights and duties, granting them equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 2013 | ✔ | Timor-Leste introduced a new Civil Code allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract and open a bank account in the same way as a man without her husband's consent. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Timor-Leste allowed women to be head of household. Timor-Leste allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Mobility | 2013 | ✔ | Timor-Leste enacted a new Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2013 | ✔ | Timor-Leste introduced paid paternity leave. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2013 | ✔ | Timor-Leste mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2012 | ✔ | Timor-Leste enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 2005 | ✔ | Timor-Leste enacted the Commerical Companies Act allowing a woman to register a business in the same way as a man without her husband 's consent. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Timor-Leste prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1999 | ✔ | Timor-Leste prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1978 | ✔ | Timor-Leste introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2022 | x | Togo introduced new legislation which no longer prohibits the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2016 | ✔ | Togo allowed women to be head of household. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2014 | ✔ | Togo introduced a new Family Law allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Togo allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2012 | ✔ | Togo eliminated restrictions on women’s ability to work in certain industries by limiting them to pregnant women. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 2012 | ✔ | Togo explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2008 | ✔ | Togo prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2008 | ✔ | Togo mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | Togo prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1981 | ✔ | Togo's Personal and Family Code granted spouses equal rights to immovable property and equal administrative authority over assets during marriage. It also equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1981 | ✔ | Togo enacted a Family Code allowing a woman to sign a legally binding contract, register a business and open a bank account in the same way as a man. |
Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1974 | ✔ | Togo introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | Tonga enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 2012 | ✔ | Tonga introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2014 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2005 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Entrepreneurship | 2002 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago's new legal amendments made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2002 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1993 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1984 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago introduced a new Family Law allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1983 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago equalized inheritance rights for male and female surviving spouses. |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1975 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions, including those made by "looking after the home or caring for the family." |
Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 1973 | ✔ | Trinidad and Tobago introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Tunisia | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2019 | ✔ | Tunisia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Tunisia | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2019 | ✔ | Tunisia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
Tunisia | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 1995 | ✔ | Tunisia no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
Tunisia | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1975 | ✔ | Tunisia introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2016 | ✔ | Turkey introduced paid paternity leave. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2009 | ✔ | Turkey allowed women to work in jobs deemed dangerous in the same way as men. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2007 | ✔ | Turkey enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2006 | ✔ | Turkey enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2005 | ✔ | Turkey increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2004 | ✔ | Turkey prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 2004 | ✔ | Turkey mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2004 | ✔ | Turkey prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Assets | 2003 | ✔ | Turkey recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2003 | ✔ | Turkey allowed women to be head of household. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Mobility | 2003 | ✔ | Turkey introduced a new Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Turkey | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1992 | ✔ | Turkey allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2020 | ✔ | Uganda made international travel easier for women by allowing them to apply for a passport in the same way as men, with no need to provide additional information. |
Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2011 | ✔ | Uganda enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2007 | ✔ | Uganda prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It also introduced paid paternity leave. |
Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2007 | ✔ | Uganda mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. It also eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining. |
Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Uganda prohibited gender discrimination in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2022 | ✔ | Ukraine introduced 14 days of paid paternity leave. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2022 | ✔ | Ukraine equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2019 | ✔ | Ukraine equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 2015 | x | Ukraine abolished paid parental leave. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2014 | ✔ | Ukraine introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Ukraine enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Ukraine enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1996 | ✔ | Ukraine no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1995 | ✔ | Ukraine introduced paid parental leave. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1993 | ✔ | Ukraine explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1992 | ✔ | Ukraine prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Ukraine prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1972 | x | Ukraine set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2021 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates no longer requires a married woman to obey her husband. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2021 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates allowed women to choose where to live and travel abroad in the same way as men. The United Arab Emirates also allowed a married woman to leave the home without her husband's permission. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2021 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates introduced 5 days of paid parental leave as an individual entitlement for each parent. Fathers now have paid leave to care for their newborn babies. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2021 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates mandated equal remuneration for men and women who perform work of equal value. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2021 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2020 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Marriage | 2020 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates began allowing women to be head of household and adopted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Pay | 2020 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates lifted restrictions on women’s ability to work at night and in jobs deemed dangerous. It also eliminated restrictions on women’s employment in the mining, manufacturing, agriculture and energy industries. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2020 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates improved the protection of women at work by prohibiting discrimination based on gender in employment. It enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Mobility | 2019 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates made international travel easier for women by allowing a married woman to apply for a passport without the written consent of her husband. |
United Arab Emirates | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2000 | ✔ | The United Arab Emirates introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2016 | ✔ | The United Kingdom introduced paid parental leave. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2011 | ✔ | The United Kingdom enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | The United Kingdom enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2004 | ✔ | The United Kingdom introduced paid paternity leave. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2001 | ✔ | The United Kingdom prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1998 | ✔ | The United Kingdom enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | The United Kingdom equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Pay | 1990 | ✔ | The United Kingdom eliminated restrictions on women's employment in mining and manufacturing. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1988 | ✔ | The United Kingdom increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1982 | ✔ | The United Kingdom introduced new legal amendments which no longer establishes differences in the application procedures for a married woman when applying for a passport. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1977 | ✔ | The United Kingdom's Sex Discrimination Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1977 | ✔ | The United Kingdom prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Pension | 1976 | ✔ | The United Kingdom explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Mobility | 1975 | ✔ | The United Kingdom introduced the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Assets | 1974 | ✔ | The United Kingdom recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
United Kingdom | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | The United Kingdom reformed the Matrimonial Causes Act, allowing women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
United States | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 2019 | ✔ | New York State (USA) introduced paid family leave that currently entitles each parent to 70 days of leave for the birth of a child. It will gradually increase to 84 days. Parents receive paid parental leave benefits through their employer’s insurance carriers. |
United States | High income: OECD | Marriage | 1995 | ✔ | United States enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
United States | High income: OECD | Assets | 1982 | ✔ | United States recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
United States | High income: OECD | Workplace | 1982 | ✔ | United States enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
United States | High income: OECD | Parenthood | 1980 | ✔ | United States prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
United States | High income: OECD | Entrepreneurship | 1976 | ✔ | United States' Equal Credit Opportunity Act made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2019 | ✔ | Uruguay introduced new legislation that mandates equal remuneration for women and men who perform work of equal value. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2015 | ✔ | Uruguay increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2011 | ✔ | Uruguay enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2010 | ✔ | Uruguay introduced paid paternity leave. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2010 | ✔ | Uruguay explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Pension | 2004 | ✔ | Uruguay equalized the ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1997 | ✔ | Uruguay enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1991 | ✔ | Uruguay prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1982 | ✔ | Uruguay began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Entrepreneurship | 2021 | ✔ | Uzbekistan made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination when providing financial services. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2020 | ✔ | Uzbekistan equalized the mandatory retirement age (60 years) for women and men. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 2012 | x | Uzbekistan set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1997 | ✔ | Uzbekistan introduced paid parental leave. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pay | 1997 | ✔ | Uzbekistan lifted restrictions on women's ability to work at night. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1997 | ✔ | Uzbekistan no longer establishes a mandatory retirement age for women and men. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Workplace | 1997 | ✔ | Uzbekistan prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1995 | ✔ | Uzbekistan explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Pension | 1989 | x | Uzbekistan set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | Parenthood | 1973 | ✔ | Uzbekistan prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2010 | ✔ | Vanuatu enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 1989 | ✔ | Vanuatu introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. |
Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 1983 | ✔ | Vanuatu's Penal Code made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 1974 | ✔ | Vanuatu allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2015 | ✔ | Venezuela gave women the same rights to remarry as men. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 2009 | ✔ | Venezuela, RB introduced paid paternity leave. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | República Bolivariana de Venezuela enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 2008 | ✔ | Venezuela, RB enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Pay | 2007 | ✔ | Venezuela, RB eliminated the ban on women's employment in industrial undertakings at night. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1999 | ✔ | Venezuela, RB increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Parenthood | 1992 | ✔ | Venezuela, RB prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Workplace | 1992 | ✔ | Venezuela, RB prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Assets | 1984 | ✔ | Venezuela granted spouses equal administrative authority over assets during the marriage. It also granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Marriage | 1984 | ✔ | República Bolivariana de Venezuela allowed women to obtain a divorce in the same way as men. |
Venezuela, RB | Latin America & Caribbean | Mobility | 1984 | ✔ | Venezuela, RB enacted a new Civil Code allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2022 | ✔ | Vietnam eliminated all restrictions on women's employment. Women can now work in industrial jobs in the same way as men. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2021 | ✔ | Vietnam eliminated restrictions on women's employment in jobs deemed dangerous. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | Vietnam introduced paid paternity leave. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Pay | 2014 | ✔ | Vietnam mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Pension | 2014 | x | Vietnam set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 2014 | ✔ | Vietnam enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Marriage | 2009 | ✔ | Vietnam enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Entrepreneurship | 2008 | ✔ | Vietnam's Gender Equality Law made access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Parenthood | 1996 | ✔ | Vietnam prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. It increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. It also began administering maternity benefits through its social insurance system. |
Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | Workplace | 1995 | ✔ | Vietnam prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
West Bank and Gaza | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2020 | x | West Bank and Gaza reversed a previous reform that introduced the 2016 Social Security Law. Now employers are solely liable for paying maternity benefits. |
West Bank and Gaza | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2020 | x | West Bank and Gaza reversed a previous reform that introduced the 2016 Social Security Law. There is now no pension system for the private sector. |
West Bank and Gaza | Middle East & North Africa | Parenthood | 2017 | ✔ | West Bank and Gaza began administering maternity benefits through its social security system. |
West Bank and Gaza | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2017 | ✔ | West Bank and Gaza introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
West Bank and Gaza | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 2001 | ✔ | West Bank and Gaza prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Yemen, Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 2009 | ✔ | The Republic of Yemen equalized the mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Yemen, Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Pension | 1996 | x | The Republic of Yemen set unequal mandatory retirement ages for women and men. |
Yemen, Rep. | Middle East & North Africa | Workplace | 1996 | ✔ | The Republic of Yemen prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2020 | ✔ | Zambia extended the duration of paid maternity leave from 84 to 98 days. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2017 | ✔ | Zambia introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 2017 | ✔ | Zambia introduced the Gender Equity and Equality Act allowing a woman to choose where to live in the same way as a man. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 2017 | ✔ | Zambia mandated equal remuneration for work of equal value. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2017 | ✔ | Zambia enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. It adopted criminal penalties for sexual harassment in employment. It also enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2013 | ✔ | Zambia enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1994 | ✔ | Zambia prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pay | 1992 | ✔ | Zambia eliminated the ban on women's employment in mining and in industrial undertakings at night. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1990 | ✔ | Zambia equalized inheritance rights for both sons and daughters and male and female surviving spouses. |
Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 1984 | ✔ | Zambia prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Marriage | 2008 | ✔ | Zimbabwe enacted legislation protecting women from domestic violence. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2007 | ✔ | Zimbabwe increased the duration of paid maternity leave to at least 14 weeks. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Zimbabwe enacted civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2007 | ✔ | Zimbabwe enacted legislation protecting women from sexual harassment in employment. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Parenthood | 2003 | ✔ | Zimbabwe prohibited the dismissal of pregnant workers. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 2003 | ✔ | Zimbabwe prohibited gender discrimination in employment. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 2000 | ✔ | Zimbabwe introduced new legislation that makes access to credit easier for women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in financial services. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Pension | 1995 | ✔ | Zimbabwe introduced an old-age pension system that sets equal ages at which women and men can retire with full pension benefits. It does not establish an age at which women and men can retire with partial pension benefits. It also explicitly accounted for periods of absence due to child care in pension benefits. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1993 | ✔ | Zimbabwe granted spouses equal rights to immovable property. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Assets | 1989 | ✔ | Zimbabwe recognized the value of nonmonetary contributions. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Entrepreneurship | 1984 | ✔ | Zimbabwe allowed women to sign a legally binding contract, register a business, and sign a contract in the same way as men. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mobility | 1984 | ✔ | Zimbabwe allowed women to choose where to live in the same way as men. |
Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Workplace | 1984 | ✔ | Zimbabwe allowed a woman to get a job without permission from her husband. |