Women, Business and the Law 2019
The World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees across 187 economies. Its goal is to inform policy discussions on how to remove legal restrictions on women and promote research on how to improve women’s economic inclusion. Women, Business and the Law 2019: A Decade of Reform introduces a new index measuring legal rights for women throughout their working lives in 187 economies. The index is composed of 35 data points grouped into eight indicators. The data covers a 10-year period not only to understand the current situation but to see how laws affecting women’s equality of opportunity have evolved over time. The index assesses economic rights at milestones spanning the arc of a woman’s working life: the ability to move freely; starting a job; getting paid; legal capacity within marriage; having children; running a business; managing assets; and getting a pension.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019-02-27
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| Subjects: | WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, GENDER BIAS, GENDER EQUALITY, FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, RIGHTS, WORK-LIFE BALANCE, PARENTAL LEAVE, LAWS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PENSIONS, WAGE GAP, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31327 |
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