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  • A woman has the same rights to remarry as a man
  • Age of consent for same-sex partners equal to heterosexual partnersVelasco
  • Age of consent for same-sex partners equal to heterosexual partnersEqualdex
  • Age of consent for same-sex partners unequalVelasco
  • Average age at marriage, women
  • Blood donations by men who have sex with men
  • Censorship of LGBT issues
  • Child marriage prohibited or invalidated
  • Civil libertiesFreedom House, rating
  • Civil libertiesFreedom House, score
  • Civil libertiesEIU
  • Civil rightsBTI
  • Civil union for same-sex partners
  • Confirmed killings of human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists
  • Constitutional protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity
  • Conversion therapies bannedVelasco
  • Conversion therapies bannedEqualdex
  • Countries by share of women in parliament
  • Countries in which a woman is government's chief executive
  • Countries in which a woman is head of government
  • Countries in which a woman is head of state
  • Countries in which same-sex sexual acts are legalVelasco
  • Countries in which same-sex sexual acts are punished by deathVelasco
  • Countries in which third gender is recognized
  • Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions
  • Countries with equal age of consent for same-sex partners
  • Countries with joint adoptions by same-sex partners
  • Countries with marriage for same-sex partnersVelasco
  • Countries with universal right to vote
  • Criminal penalties or civil remedies exist for sexual harassment in employment
  • Days of paid maternity leave
  • Discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity
  • Dismissal of pregnant workers prohibited
  • Distribution of women's political empowerment
  • Distribution of women's share in parliament
  • Distribution of women's share in parliamentweighted by population
  • Electoral democracyV-Dem
  • Employment discrimination based on gender prohibited
  • Employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity prohibitedVelasco
  • Employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity prohibitedEqualdex
  • Equal access to powerV-Dem
  • Equal resource distributionV-Dem
  • Equal rights protectionV-Dem
  • Exceptions to the legal age of marriage
  • Freedom of associationV-Dem
  • Freedom of associationBTI
  • Freedom of expressionV-Dem
  • Freedom of expressionBTI
  • Gender discrimination in credit access prohibited
  • Gender marker changeEqualdex
  • Hate crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity are an aggravating circumstance
  • Housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity prohibited
  • Human rights
  • Human rightsweighted by population
  • Human rights vs. GDP per capita
  • Human rights vs. electoral democracy
  • Inciting crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal
  • Individual liberties and equality before the law
  • Joint adoptions by same-sex partnersVelasco
  • Joint adoptions by same-sex partnersVelasco
  • Joint adoptions by same-sex partnersEqualdex
  • LGBT+ rights index
  • Law mandates equal remuneration for females and males for work of equal value
  • Legal age of marriage for girls
  • Legal status of same-sex sexual actsEqualdex
  • Legislation addressing domestic violence specifically
  • Legislation establishes clear criminal penalties for domestic violence
  • Legislation on sexual harassment in employment
  • Legislation that specifically addresses sexual harassment
  • Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people allowed to serve in the militaryVelasco
  • Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people banned from the militaryVelasco
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people serving in the militaryEqualdex
  • Male and female surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets
  • Marriage for same-sex partnersVelasco
  • Marriage for same-sex partnersVelasco
  • Marriage for same-sex partnersEqualdex
  • Marriage for same-sex partners bannedVelasco
  • Married couples jointly share legal responsibility for financially maintaining the family’s expenses
  • Married women are required by law to obey their husbands
  • Married women can legally confer citizenship to their children in the same way as married men
  • Married women can legally confer their citizenship to a non-national spouse in the same way as married men
  • Men and married women have equal ownership rights to property
  • Men's universal right to voteLexical Index
  • Number of countries protecting core LGBT+ rights
  • Number of countries where homosexuality is legalKenny & Patel
  • Number of countries where same-sex marriage is legalPew Research Center
  • Paid leave is available to fathers
  • Paid leave of at least 14 weeks available to mothers
  • Paid parental leave
  • Penalties for authorizing or entering into child or early marriage
  • Pension benefits account for periods of absence due to childcare
  • People living in countries in which a third gender is recognized
  • 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 in which same-sex sexual acts are legalVelasco
  • People living in countries in which same-sex sexual acts are punished by deathVelasco
  • People living in countries with equal age of consent for same-sex partners
  • People living in countries with joint adoptions by same-sex partners
  • People living in countries with marriage for same-sex partnersPew Research Center
  • People living in countries with marriage for same-sex partnersVelasco
  • People living in countries with universal right to vote
  • Physical integrity rightsFariss et al.
  • Physical integrity rightsV-Dem
  • Physical integrity rightsweighted by population
  • Political civil liberties
  • Political civil libertiesweighted by population
  • Political regimeRegimes of the World
  • Political regimeFreedom House, free countries
  • Presence of a specialized court or procedure for cases of domestic violence
  • Press freedomFreedom House
  • Press freedomReporters Sans Frontieres
  • Prevalence of female genital mutilation
  • Private civil liberties
  • Private civil libertiesweighted by population
  • Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
  • Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
  • Retirement age with full pension benefits same for women and men
  • Same-sex sexual acts illegalVelasco
  • Same-sex sexual acts legalVelasco
  • Same-sex sexual acts legalVelasco
  • Same-sex sexual acts punished by deathVelasco
  • Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote
  • Share of countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions
  • Share of day women spend on unpaid domestic and care work
  • Share of firms with a female top manager
  • Share of population belonging to a politically-discriminated ethnic group
  • Share of population belonging to a politically-marginalized ethnic groupMap and line chart
  • Share of population belonging to a politically-marginalized ethnic groupDistribution, Marimekko chart
  • Share of population belonging to politically-marginalized or discriminated ethnic groups
  • 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 aged 20 to 24 years who were married by age 15
  • 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 in parliamentweighted by population
  • 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 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 18
  • Share of young women who experienced any form of sexual violence before reaching the age of 18
  • Sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents
  • Spouses have equal legal administrative authority over assets during marriage
  • Third gender legally recognizedVelasco
  • Third gender legally recognizedVelasco
  • Third gender legally recognizedEqualdex
  • Transgender people are allowed to serve in the militaryVelasco
  • Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings
  • Universal right to voteLexical Index
  • Unmarried women can legally confer citizenship to their children in the same way as married men
  • Unmet need for contraception among married women of reproductive age
  • Victims of human trafficking
  • Victims of human trafficking over 18 years old, male vs. female
  • Woman is government's chief executive
  • Woman is head of government
  • Woman is head of state
  • Women and men's testimony carries the same evidentiary weight in court
  • Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men
  • Women can be head of household 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 obtain a national identity card in the same way as married men
  • Women can open a bank account 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 can travel outside the country in the same way as men
  • Women can travel outside their home in the same way as men
  • Women can work at night in the same way as men
  • Women can work in a job deemed dangerous in the same way as men
  • Women can work in an industrial job in the same way as men
  • Women participating in decisionmaking vs. children per woman
  • Women who experienced violence by an intimate partnerIHME
  • Women who experienced violence from an intimate partnerUnited Nations
  • Women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
  • Women's civil liberties
  • Women's civil libertiesweighted by population
  • Women's civil society participation
  • Women's civil society participationweighted by population
  • Women's political empowerment
  • Women's political empowermentweighted by population
  • Women's political participation
  • Women's political participationweighted by population
  • Women's universal right to voteLexical Index
  • Women, Business and the Law Index
  • Women, Business and the Law Index

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