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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