Recent Media Coverage
The Guardian: No equality for working women in any country in the world, study reveals
The Guardian highlights how the global gender gap is far bigger than previously thought, as Women, Business and the Law 2024 takes childcare and safety issues into account for first time.
World economy could grow by 20% with more women in power: World Bank
“In the short term, quotas for female representation can speed up a slow pace of change and foster accountability,” said Tea Trumbic, manager of Women, Business and the Law.
Experts call for action, legal reforms to address gender-based violence
Nepal, despite its legal framework addressing violence against women, ranks 71 out of 190 economies in the World Bank’s Women, Business, and the Law Safety Indicator. With 51.1 percent of its population being female, this statistic spotlights the gaps in ensuring women’s safety and equality in the country.
Kazakhstan Surpasses Global Average in Economic Gender Equality Metrics, Says World Bank
Kazakhstan outperforms the global average in legal and supportive frameworks and expert opinion criteria on enabling women’s economic opportunity in the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) 2.0 report, which was presented to local policymakers and government representatives on Oct. 1 in Astana.
'Brazil underperforms', says World Bank gender expert
Brazil has surpassed the global average in gender equality, but it still lags behind other Latin American countries such as Mexico, Uruguay, Peru and Paraguay. According to the World Bank, through the Women, Business and the Law (WBL) report, published this year, the world advanced 77.9 out of 100 in the index, considering the reality of 190 economies around the world.
Why we must move towards gender equality in care
The World Bank's Women, Business and the Law 2024 report revealed that seven countries introduced 15 changes to their family-friendly policies, including five countries that adopted paternity leave for the first time.
How a World Bank Index Measures the Impact of Gender Disparities on the Global Economy
Closing the gender gap in economic participation in OECD countries would “add $7 trillion dollars to the global economy,” according to the Women, Business and the Law report. The index — which has been cited by Nobel Prize-winning economists, research institutions, and international organizations such as the United Nations — quantifies the explicit and implicit systemic inequalities faced by women.
Jordan outperforms MENA average in women, business, law indicators — report
In the Women, Business, and the Law report issued by the World Bank, Jordan has made substantial progress. The report evaluates the disparity between legal reforms and actual outcomes for women. Jordan’s score has seen an increase of 12.5 points, moving from 46.9 per cent to 59.4 per cent, surpassing the Middle East and North Africa average of 54.7 per cent, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
World Bank study says closing gender gap could increase global GDP
The World Bank's latest report, "Women, Business, and the Law 2024," which annually measures more than 190 economies, states that women enjoy nearly two-thirds of the rights of men. In Chile's case, the country obtained a score of 77.5, exceeding the global and Latin American averages.
Breaking Barriers: Women Entrepreneurs Driving Growth in Saudi Arabia's SME Sector
In its most recent Women, Business and the Law 2024 report, the World Bank noted: "When it comes to laws affecting women's decisions to work, laws affecting women's pay, constraints on women starting and running a business, and laws affecting the size of a woman's pension, Saudi Arabia gets a perfect score of 100."
BBC World News interview with Tea Trumbic
Watch the replay of the BBC World News interview with our manager, Tea Trumbic, as she discusses the findings of the Women, Business and the Law 2024 report.
Deutsche Welle: Worldwide GDP could grow by 20% if women were fully included in the workforce
Watch Deutsche Welle's interview with Tea Trumbic on the Women, Business and the Law 2024 report.