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• Human Rights
• Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
• Women have made major advances in politics — but the world is still far from equal

Charts

• Are married women required by law to obey their husbands?
• Can women apply for a passport in the same way as men?
• Can women choose where to live in the same way as men?
• Can women get a divorce in the same way as men?
• Can women get a job in the same way as men?
• Can women open a bank account in the same way as men?
• Can women register a business in the same way as men?
• Can women sign a contract in the same way as men?
• Countries that have universal voting rights
• Do husbands and wives have equal control over assets during marriage?
• Do sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit from their parents?
• Do women and men have the same rights to own property?
• Do women have the same rights to remarry as men?
• Does the law ban gender discrimination in access to credit?
• Does the law ban gender discrimination in employment?
• Does the law punish sexual harassment at work, or let victims claim compensation?
• Equal rights to land ownership
• Estimated number of rapes per 100,000 in the United States
• Female labor force participation rateLong-run data
• 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
• Is there a law against sexual harassment at work?
• Is there a law specifically on domestic violence?
• Key features of women's political empowerment
• Legal frameworks addressing gender equality overall
• Legal frameworks addressing gender equality within marriage and family
• Legal frameworks addressing violence against women
• Maternal mortality ratio
• Number of countries with key economic and social rights for women
• People living in countries that have universal voting rights
• People living in countries that sanction domestic violence
• Ratio of female to male labor force participation rates
• Representation of women in the judiciary
• Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
• Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
• Sex ratio at birth
• Share of adults reporting having felt discriminated against
• Share of countries by gender of the chief executive
• Share of countries by gender of the head of government
• Share of countries by gender of the head of state
• Share of countries that have had a woman as chief executive
• Share of firms with a female top manager
• Share of married women making their own health care decisions
• Share of population subjected to sexual assault, 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 parliamentIPU
• Share of women in parliamentV-Dem
• 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 have had no births by the end of their childbearing years
• Share of women who have undergone female genital mutilation
• Share of women who report having been victims of forced sex as children
• Share of women who were married by age 18
• Share of young women who experienced sexual violence as children
• Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings
• Universal right to voteLexical Index
• Unmet need for contraception among married women of reproductive age
• Women who make informed decisions regarding their sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
• Women's Civil Liberties Index
• Women's Civil Society Participation Index
• Women's Political Empowerment Index
• Women's Political Participation Index
• Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index
• Women's universal right to voteLexical Index
• Women, Business and the Law Index