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  • Women have made major advances in politics — but the world is still far from equal

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  • Countries by share of women in parliament
  • Countries with universal right to vote
  • Criminal penalties or civil remedies for sexual harassment in employment
  • Days of paid leave for childbirth and early childcare for the father
  • Days of paid leave for childbirth and early childcare for the mother
  • Days of paid maternity, paternity, and parental leave
  • Distribution of women's political empowerment index
  • Distribution of women's share in parliament
  • Employment discrimination based on gender prohibited
  • Equal rights to land ownership
  • Gender discrimination in credit access prohibited
  • Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education
  • Gender of the chief executive
  • Gender of the head of government
  • Gender of the head of state
  • Law mandates equal pay for work of equal value for women and men
  • Legal frameworks addressing gender equality overall
  • Legal frameworks addressing gender equality within marriage and family
  • Legal frameworks addressing violence against women
  • Legal provisions for child marriage
  • Legislation on domestic violence
  • Legislation on sexual harassment in employment
  • Married women are required by law to obey their husbands
  • Maternal mortality ratio
  • Number of countries with key economic and social rights for women
  • Paid leave of at least 14 weeks available to mothers
  • Paid parental leave
  • People living in countries in which a woman is government's chief executive
  • People living in countries in which a woman is head of government
  • People living in countries in which a woman is head of state
  • People living in countries that mandate equal pay for men and women
  • People living in countries that sanction domestic violence
  • People living in countries with universal right to vote
  • Prevalence of female genital mutilation
  • Ratio of female to male labor force participation ratesLine chart
  • Representation of women in the judiciary
  • Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
  • Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
  • Share of adults reporting having felt discriminated against
  • Share of countries by gender of the head of government
  • Share of countries by gender of the head of state
  • Share of firms with a female top manager
  • Share of population subjected to sexual violence, male vs. female
  • Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women
  • Share of the population subjected to physical violence, male vs. female
  • Share of women in local government
  • Share of women in ministerial positions
  • Share of women in parliamentweighted by population
  • Share of women in parliamentIPU
  • Share of women in parliamentV-Dem
  • Share of women in the workforceOECD & Long
  • Share of women using modern contraceptive methods
  • Share of women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife
  • Share of women who experienced violence by an intimate partner
  • Share of women who experienced violence from an intimate partnerUnited Nations
  • Share of women who make their own informed health care decisions
  • Share of women who report having been victims of forced sex as children
  • Share of women who were married by age 15
  • Share of women who were married by age 18
  • Share of young women who experienced sexual violence as children
  • Sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents
  • Spouses have equal legal administrative authority over assets
  • Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings
  • Universal right to voteLexical Index
  • Unmet need for contraception among married women of reproductive age
  • Women and men have equal rights to immovable property
  • Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men
  • Women can choose where to live in the same way as men
  • Women can obtain a judgment of divorce in the same way as men
  • Women can open a bank account in the same way as men
  • Women can register a business in the same way as men
  • Women can sign a contract in the same way as men
  • Women can take the same jobs as men
  • Women have the same rights to remarry as men
  • Women participating in decision-making vs. children per woman
  • Women's civil liberties indexweighted by population
  • Women's civil liberties index
  • Women's civil society participation indexweighted by population
  • Women's civil society participation index
  • Women's political empowerment indexweighted by population
  • Women's political empowerment index
  • Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index
  • Women's political participation indexweighted by population
  • Women's political participation index
  • Women's universal right to voteLexical Index
  • Women, Business and the Law Index

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