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Women, Business and the Law Economy Summaries
The economy summary series delves into legal reforms that advance women’s economic empowerment. It also identifies gaps that persist before men and women achieve equality before the law. Each summary draws on Women, Business and the Law data from 1970 to 2020 and input from civil society organizations.
Key Ingredients to Women’s Legal Rights in Kenya
This brief focuses on a series of reforms in Kenya, specifically, the adoption of the Sexual Offenses Act of 2006, the Employment Act of 2007, and the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act of 2015. The lessons in this brief can provide important insights for policy makers, advocacy groups and international organizations involved in the pursuit of legal gender equality in Kenya and other countries.
Reforms to Enhance Gender Equality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: From ...
This brief examines the introduction of the Law on Parity in 2015 and an amendment to the Family Code in 2016. These two examples highlight three success factors: gender champions across local civil society groups; government and international actors making the economic case for reforming discriminatory provisions; and international obligations that allowed the reforms to pass.
Challenging Entrenched Marital Power in South Africa
This brief examines more than three decades of reform toward removing the husband's marital power from South African legislation, offering important insights on optimal contexts for change and the role of women in ongoing advocacy efforts.
Regional Profiles
The regional profile series presents data on laws, regulations, and reform trends that advance women’s economic empowerment. It highlights persistent gaps and identifies best practices to help achieve equality before the law. Each profile draws on Women, Business and the Law data from 1970 to 2020. Regional profiles in the series include Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, and South Asia.
Events
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UNITED NATION'S CSW66 Mar 24, 2022
WATCH THE REPLAY: Accelerating equality to build women's resilience
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2022 LAUNCH EVENT Mar 01, 2022
WATCH THE REPLAY: Women, Business and the Law Live Launch
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FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FORUM Oct 12, 2021
WATCH THE REPLAY: Gendered Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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GENERATION EQUALITY FORUM Jul 01, 2021
WATCH THE REPLAY: Providing Childcare in the COVID-19 Era
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2021 LAUNCH EVENT Mar 01, 2021
WATCH THE REPLAY: Women, Business and the Law Live Launch
Blogs
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PEDRO MAGARIÑO & LIANG SHEN May 16, 2022
Four revealing graphs on paid family leave
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JULIA BRAUNMILLER & FREDERIC MEUNIER May 09, 2022
How to measure female entrepreneurship?
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NORMAN LOAYZA & TEA TRUMBIC Mar 02, 2022
Gender equality is smart economics. Yet, its progress remains slow
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ANKITA PANDA & ISABEL SANTAGOSTINO RECAVARREN Dec 10, 2021
How effective are the most common redress measures against domestic violence?
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SIYI WANG & NELSY AFFOUM Dec 09, 2021
Cyber harassment: A growing concern in the age of COVID
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MILA CANTAR & NAYANTARA VOHRA Dec 01, 2021
Financial freedom: A step towards life without domestic violence
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EMILIA GALIANO & NISHA AREKAPUDI Jul 16, 2021
How can laws that promote women’s economic inclusion be operationalized in practice?
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NATÁLIA MAZONI SILVA MARTINS Jun 25, 2021
Generation Equality: A call for data-driven action to support working women
Resources
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The Rights of Women with Disabilities
This topic note showcases the results of a pilot research on the legal rights of women with disabilities in 176 economies as part of the 10 Commitments on Disability-Inclusive Development.
50 Years of Women's Rights
How have women’s legal rights evolved over the last 50 years? This infographic explores how more than 1,500 reforms enhancing women’s economic empowerment were passed in every country over the past 50 years.
Protecting Women from Violence
This topic note examines the legally-mandated access and existence of certain key support services in a set of 100 economies on regulation aimed at closing gaps between laws and their implementation.
Tackling Childcare
This note showcases how different countries regulate private childcare services. It builds awareness of how quality childcare services are linked to women’s economic empowerment and identifies areas for reform.
Discriminatory Laws Against Women: A Survey of Literature
This working paper reviews the empirical literature on the impact of gender discriminatory laws on women’s outcomes across various domains constituting Women, Business and the Law’s measure of gender inequality.
Saving for Old Age
Differences women face in their working lives relative to men can result in unequal economic outcomes in retirement. This case study examines the gender gap in access to pensions.
Women's Financial Inclusion and the Law
A case study examining how discriminatory laws can affect women’s demand for financial services.
Ending Violence against Women and Girls
Part of a series that assesses the role of laws and specific programs or interventions in ending violence against women.
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Workplace
Analyzing laws affecting women’s decisions to enter and remain in the labor force.
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Experts
Norman Loayza
Director, Global Indicators Group
Tea Trumbic
Program Manager, Women, Business and the Law, Global Indicators Group
