. Gender differences in laws affect both developing and developed economies, and women in all regions. Women, business, and the …In the past 50 years women's legal status has improved all over the world. But many laws still make it difficult for … women to fully participate in economic life whether by getting jobs or starting businesses. Discriminatory rules bar women …

Women, Business and the Law has the objective to inform research, policy discussions, and development operations on … women's economic opportunities by producing primary data on laws, regulations, and policies and the extent of their … enforcement. The project aims to provide measurable benchmarks for global progress toward gender equality through regular data …

The World Bank Group's Women, Business and the Law (WBL) is a global benchmarking project that provides comprehensive … and comparable data on how laws, regulations, and policies affect women's economic opportunities and private sector … development in 190 economies. It is housed in the World Bank's Development Economics Global Indicators Group (DECIG). Women …

Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on … the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting … a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional …

In Iraq, women are generally absent from senior management and leadership positions, with an estimated representation … prioritizing gender diversity in leadership positions. This company insight explores the experience of one such Iraqi bank, Ashur … of just 1 percent - even lower than the regional average. Women also account for more than half of the financial sector …

internet . The gender gap favoring women (expressed in percentage points) is particularly significant in the Dominican Republic … access to the internet between poor and non-poor households (World Bank, 2024). There are notable gender disparities too. Men … generally have better access to the internet than women, but in some countries a higher percentage of women accesses the …

Girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa face multiple, inter-related challenges. In Zimbabwe, the odds are stacked … against too many girls from an early age. The survey explores the aspirations and challenges faced by girls and young women … views on gender equality, especially in education and reproductive rights, traditional norms persist, particularly in rural …

Industry in Peru: Improving Impacts on Women in Poverty and Their Families.' In recent years, large amounts of 'development … influence on women-particularly women from poorer families, who are the least likely to be able to take advantage of the …

shortages. This report reviews the performance of women and men during the past decade in three spheres: human capital, labor … make independent choices and exercise control over their own actions. The data are analyzed to determine whether women and …