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Highlights
Women, Business and the Law 2021 Launch Event
The Women, Business and the Law 2021 launch event brought together experts to discusss what can be done to improve women’s economic opportunities and empower them in the world of work and at home, especially in the context of the global pandemic.
CSW65: Gendered effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
The session, part of the United Nation's CSW65, discussed the unprecedented challenges faced by women employees and entrepreneurs, and the impact of government responses to the COVID-19 crisis from a gender perspective.
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.
Events
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European Commission InfoPoint Jun 07, 2021
Women, Business and the Law 2021, Measuring women’s economic opportunities
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Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios May 17, 2021
El Impacto de las Regulaciones en la Inclusión y Equidad de Género
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LAUNCH EVENT Mar 01, 2021
WATCH THE REPLAY: Women, Business and the Law Live Launch
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CSW65 Side Event Mar 17, 2021
WATCH THE REPLAY: Gendered Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Webinar Mar 25, 2021
Women, Business and the Law in Turkey: Unlocking Jobs
Blogs
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MARINA ELEFANTE & ALENA SAKHONCHIK May 28, 2021
Can the law promote provision and uptake of childcare?
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OLENA MYKHALCHENKO & ISABEL SANTAGOSTINO RECAVARREN May 13, 2021
In 38 countries, women can still be fired for being pregnant
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Nisha Arekapudi Mar 08, 2021
When COVID struck, gender equality came crumbling down
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NATÁLIA MAZONI SILVA MARTINS & BASSAM SEBTI Mar 08, 2021
Since 2019, economies reformed the most in the areas of women's pay and parenthood
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MARIE CAITRIONA HYLAND Mar 02, 2021
Progress towards gender equality under the law is being made, but legal barriers to women’s full economic participation remain
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.
Gendered Laws and Women in the Workforce
This paper uses the Women, Business and the Law 50-year database to provide the first global look at how gender discrimination by the law affects women’s economic opportunity.
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.
Doing Business
Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time.
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.
Gendered Laws
This policy research working paper uses the 50 years of Women, Business and the Law data to chart the evolution of legal gender equality over time and to examine its relationship to women’s labor market outcomes.
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.
Explore our Indicators
Workplace
Analyzing laws affecting women’s decisions to enter and remain in the labor force.
Additional Information
Experts
Norman Loayza
Director, Global Indicators Group
Tea Trumbic
Program Manager, Women, Business and the Law, Global Indicators Group
