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LAWS AFFECT WOMEN THROUGHOUT THEIR WORKING LIVES
Women navigate discriminatory laws and regulations at every point in their careers, limiting their equality of
- pportunity.
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LAWS AFFECT WOMEN THROUGHOUT THEIR WORKING LIVES Women navigate discriminatory laws and regulations at every point in their careers, limiting their equality of opportunity. 2 WOMEN HAVE JUST THREE FOURTHS THE RIGHTS OF MEN The global
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WOMEN HAVE JUST THREE FOURTHS THE RIGHTS OF MEN
The global average Women, Business and the Law index score is 75.2.
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ONLY EIGHT ECONOMIES RECEIVE A SCORE OF 100
A decade ago, none of these economies received the top score. 2010 2020 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 0 economies + Belgium + Luxembourg + Denmark + Sweden + Latvia + France + Iceland + Canada
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HIGHER SCORES MEAN BETTER OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN
Better performance is associated with more women in the labor force and with higher income and improved development
- utcomes.
Higher female labor force participation Lower wage gap between women and men Improved development
- utcomes
WBL Index Score
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MORE THAN 20% OF ECONOMIES REFORMED TOWARD EQUALITY
Three economies implemented changes that reduced equality.
2 years 40 economies 62 reforms
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ECONOMIES IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST ARE TOP IMPROVERS
Saudi Arabia made the biggest improvement in the index since 2017.
Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Nepal South Sudan São Tomé and Príncipe Bahrain Congo, Dem. Rep. Djibouti Jordan Tunisia
+ 38.8 + 29.4 + 18.1 + 18.1 + 11.9 + 8.8 + 8.8 + 8.8 + 8.8 + 8.8
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ECONOMIES ARE REFORMING IN THE AREAS THAT NEED IT MOST
The most popular areas of reform are Parenthood and Pay.
PARENTHOOD
16 economies introduced
reforms in the last two years, including mandating maternity, paternity, or parental leave.
PAY
12 economies removed
restrictions on the jobs that women can work, or introduced equal remuneration for work of equal value.
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EVERY REGION MADE PROGRESS TOWARD EQUALITY
The lowest-scoring regions saw the most improvement over the last two years.
94.0 83.8 78.7 70.8 68.5 59.1 44.9 94.6 84.2 79.2 71.3 69.9 62.3 49.6 25.0 50.0 75.0 100.0 High income: OECD Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean East Asia & Pacific Sub-Saharan Africa South Asia Middle East & North Africa WBL index 2017 2019
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50 YEARS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Every economy measured has made at least one regulatory change each year since 1970, for a total of 1,517 reforms over 50 years.
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia High income: OECD Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
The Path of Regional Reform by Index Score
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LEARN MORE
Read the study and download the data set at wbl.worldbank.org.