Women, Business and the Law 2022

Women, Business and the Law 2022 is the eighth in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women's economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women's interactions with the law as they move through their ca...

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Main Author: World Bank
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36945
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spelling okr-10986-369452022-04-12T17:51:50Z Women, Business and the Law 2022 World Bank DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT EQUAL RIGHTS EQUALITY GENDER DISPARITY GENDER INEQUALITY WOMEN'S RIGHTS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT DISCRIMINATORY LAWS CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT Women, Business and the Law 2022 is the eighth in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women's economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women's interactions with the law as they move through their careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. Amid a global pandemic that threatens progress toward gender equality, 'Women, Business and the Law 2022' identifies barriers to women's economic participation and encourages reform of discriminatory laws. This year, the study also includes pilot research related to childcare and implementation of the law. By examining the economic decisions women make throughout their working lives, as well as the pace of reform over the past 50 years, Women, Business and the Law makes an important contribution to research and policy discussions about the state of women's economic empowerment. The indicators build evidence of the critical relationship between legal gender equality and women's employment and entrepreneurship. Data in 'Women, Business and the Law 2022' are current as of October 1, 2021. 2022-02-09T18:00:17Z 2022-02-09T18:00:17Z 2022-03-01 Book 978-1-4648-1817-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36945 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic DISCRIMINATION
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUALITY
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
DISCRIMINATORY LAWS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
spellingShingle DISCRIMINATION
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUALITY
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
DISCRIMINATORY LAWS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
World Bank
Women, Business and the Law 2022
description Women, Business and the Law 2022 is the eighth in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women's economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women's interactions with the law as they move through their careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. Amid a global pandemic that threatens progress toward gender equality, 'Women, Business and the Law 2022' identifies barriers to women's economic participation and encourages reform of discriminatory laws. This year, the study also includes pilot research related to childcare and implementation of the law. By examining the economic decisions women make throughout their working lives, as well as the pace of reform over the past 50 years, Women, Business and the Law makes an important contribution to research and policy discussions about the state of women's economic empowerment. The indicators build evidence of the critical relationship between legal gender equality and women's employment and entrepreneurship. Data in 'Women, Business and the Law 2022' are current as of October 1, 2021.
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title_short Women, Business and the Law 2022
title_full Women, Business and the Law 2022
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publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
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