Holdings: Women, Business and the Law 2010 : Measuring Legal Gender Parity for Entrepreneurs and Workers in 128 Economies

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Women, Business and the Law 2010 : Measuring Legal Gender Parity for Entrepreneurs and Workers in 128 Economies

This report presents indicators based on laws and regulations affecting women's prospects as entrepreneurs and employees. Several of these indicators draw on the Gender Law Library, a collection of over 2,000 legal provisions impacting women&#...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO RESOURCES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AUTONOMY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESSWOMEN CAREER ADVANCEMENT CHILD CARE CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CITIZENSHIP LAW CIVIL CODES CIVIL LAW CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL RIGHTS CIVIL STATUS COMPENSATION COST OF HIRING WOMEN COURT COURTS CULTURAL NORMS CUSTOMARY LAW DEMANDS ON WOMEN DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISSEMINATION DIVISION OF PROPERTY DIVORCE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ECONOMIC RIGHTS EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL GENDER RIGHTS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EQUAL PAY EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN EQUAL WORK EQUALITY ACT FAMILIES FAMILY PROPERTY FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES FAMILY UNIT FAMILY WELFARE FEMALE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE POPULATION FEMALE WORKERS FEWER WOMEN FOREIGN WOMEN FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FREEDOM FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FREEDOM OF RELIGION GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER INDICATORS GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER LAW GENDER PARITY GENDER RIGHTS GENDER STATISTICS GIRLS GUARDIANSHIP HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HEALTH INITIATIVES HEALTH INSURANCE HOME HOMES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND HUSBANDS INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTORS INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSURANCE JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JUSTICE LABOR CODE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAW LABOR MARKET LABOUR CODE LAWS LAWS ON WOMEN LEGAL CHANGES LEGAL RIGHT LEGAL RIGHTS LEGISLATION LIABILITY LIBERTIES LONGER LIFE MALE HEIRS MALE LABOR FORCE MARITAL PROPERTY MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGE LAW MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMAN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNITY BENEFITS MATERNITY LEAVE MEAT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MOTHER NATIONAL LAW NATIONALITY LAW NATIONALS NONDISCRIMINATION NUTRITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PARENTAL LEAVE PATERNITY LEAVE PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL STATUS PERSONAL STATUS LAWS PHYSICAL INTEGRITY POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POWER PRACTITIONERS PREGNANT WOMEN PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVILEGES PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY PROPERTY LAWS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN RESPECT RESTRICTIONS FOR WOMEN RIGHT RIGHTS OF SPOUSES RIGHTS OF WOMEN SAFETY NET SEXES SINGLE WOMEN SMALL LOANS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIETY SON PREFERENCE SPOUSE SPOUSES STATUS OF WOMEN TRANSPORTATION UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VOTING RIGHTS WAGE GAP WIDOW WIDOWERS WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS WOMEN IN BUSINESS WOMEN'S RIGHTS WOMEN'S STATUS WORKFORCE WORKING WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/19896094/women-business-law-2010-measuring-legal-gender-parity-entrepreneurs-workers-128-economies-vol-2-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20190

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/19896094/women-business-law-2010-measuring-legal-gender-parity-entrepreneurs-workers-128-economies-vol-2-2
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20190