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The latest Women, Business and the Law report by the World Bank Group finds that laws ensuring women’s economic equality are only about half enforced globally, creating large gaps between legal rights and real world outcomes.
Key Findings
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Enforcement Gap
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- Average legal equality score on paper: 67 out of 100
- Enforcement score: 53 out of 100
- Implementation systems score: 47 out of 100
- Even if laws were fully enforced, women would enjoy only about two thirds of men’s legal rights.
- Limited Full Equality: Only 4 percent of women globally live in economies with near full legal equality.
- Major Areas of Concern: The report evaluates 10 areas of women’s economic participation:
- Safety from violence
- Employment protections
- Entrepreneurship
- Access to credit
- Asset ownership
- Childcare
- Retirement security
- Safety: Only about one third of required safety laws exist, and enforcement fails around 80 percent of the time.
| [2017] Which of the following gives ‘Global Gender Gap Index’ ranking to the countries of the world? (a) World Economic Forum (b) UN Human Rights Council
(c) UN Women (d) World Health Organization |
