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Women, Business and the Law Toggle navigation English EN Español Français Home Data Data Visualization Reports Reforms News & Events Methodology Research Experts About FAQs Download the Report SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE Explore Our Data OR TAKE ACTIONS Share on social media Download WBL 2024 Flier Download WBL 1.0 economy snapshots Download WBL 2.0 economy snapshots Highlights PRESS RELEASE: New Data Show Massive, Wider-than-Expected Global Gender Gap For the first time, Women, Business and the Law analyzes not only the pace of legal reforms to create equal economic opportunities for women, but also countries’ efforts to implement those laws. READ in other languages DOWNLOAD full report WATCH the WBL 2024 Launch Event Watch the replay of our launch event for the Women, Business and the Law 2024 report and data. Key actors from multilateral organizations as well as from the public, private, and non-profit sectors will draw on the report’s findings and discuss ways to advance women’s economic empowerment with legal, policy, and institutional reform. Download the presentation Explore more news & events When Women Win, the World Wins Globally, women’s legal rights have improved markedly since 1970, as major reforms have dismantled a wide array of barriers that women face at all stages of their working lives. However, a massive global gender gap remains, and progress in many critical areas appears to have been overestimated. Read more It’s time to mobilize the economic power of women Closing the gender gap in employment could increase long-term GDP per capita by about 20% globally. In their op-ed, Anna Bjerde & Indermit Gill reaffirm that the business case for gender equality in the workplace has never been stronger. Read more Filling the Gaps: Childcare Laws for Women’s Economic Empowerment This paper aims to provide global evidence on whether and what attributes of laws governing the provision of childcare services affect women’s labor market outcomes. Read more Research Lolita Laperle-Forget & Alev Gürbüz Cuneo Mar 26, 2024 Brief: Women, International Trade, and the Law: Breaking Barriers for Gender Equality in Export-Related Activities Isabel Santagostino Recavarren, Shantel Marekera & Mariam Anaïs Gnakra Dec 18, 2023 Brief: Laws and Policies to Address Violence Against Women in Countries Affected by Fragility and Conflict Daniela M. Behr, Héloïse Groussard, Viktoria Khaitina & Liang Shen Oct 23, 2023 Brief: Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where do we Stand in Practice? S Anukriti, Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Marina Elefante, Maria Montoya-Aguirre & Alena Sakhonchik Jun 30, 2023 Working Paper: Filling the Gaps: Childcare Laws for Women’s Economic Empowerment Read more research Arrow Blogs Read More Blogs Arrow New Areas View All Resources Arrow Measuring the Legal Environment in Practice Women, Business and the Law 2.0 extends the measurement of the legal environment in practice to 190 economies, examining the existence of frameworks that support the implementation of the law and gauging experts’ opinions on the outcome of the law for women. Read More Toward Available, Affordable, and Quality Childcare Services Women, Business and the Law 2.0 has expanded its data on the availability, affordability, and quality of childcare services to 190 economies and is presenting a stand-alone indicator on childcare. Read More Women’s Safety Women, Business and the Law’s new Safety indicator measures laws and policy instruments addressing four pervasive forms of violence against women: child marriage, sexual harassment, domestic violence, and femicide. Read More Women with Disabilities WBL is collecting and analyzing data on the rights of women with disabilities under family law, labor law, and violence against women legislation. Read More Explore our Indicators Mobility Examining constraints on women’s freedom of movement. Learn More Workplace Analyzing laws affecting women’s decisions to enter and remain in the labor force. Learn More Pay Measuring laws and regulations concerning job restrictions and the gender wage gap. Learn More Marriage Assessing legal constraints related to marriage. Learn More Parenthood Evaluating laws affecting women’s work after having children. Learn More Entrepreneurship Examining constraints women face when starting and running a business. Learn More Assets Analyzing gender differences in property and inheritance law. Learn More Pension Assessing laws affecting the size of a woman’s pension. Learn More Additional Information Experts Norman Loayza Director, Global Indicators Group Tea Trumbic Manager, Women, Business and the Law, Global Indicators Group Meet the Team Arrow Contacts 1818 H Street NW Washington, DC 20433 USA wbl@worldbank.org Joseph Rebello Media Inquiries +1 (202) 458-8051 jrebello@worldbankgroup.org Stay Connected LinkedIn Newsletter Facebook X Instagram YouTube Legal Privacy Notice Site Accessibility Access to Information Jobs Contact SCAM ALERTS REPORT FRAUD OR CORRUPTION IBRD IDA IFC MIGA ICSID © The World Bank Group, All Rights...