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  • Are married women required by law to obey their husbands?
  • Civil libertiesFreedom House, rating
  • Civil libertiesFreedom House, score
  • Civil libertiesEIU
  • Civil rightsBTI
  • 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 with accredited independent national human rights institutions
  • Countries with universal right to vote
  • Distribution of human rights
  • Does a woman's testimony carry the same evidentiary weight in court as a man's?
  • Does law mandate paid or unpaid maternity leave?
  • Does legislation explicitly criminalize marital rape?
  • Does nondiscrimination clause mention gender in the constitution?
  • Does the law prohibit discrimination in employment based on gender?
  • Electoral democracyV-Dem
  • Equal access to powerV-Dem
  • Equal resource distributionV-Dem
  • Equal rights protectionV-Dem
  • Equality of civil liberties across social groups
  • Equality of civil liberties across social groupsweighted by population
  • Equality of political power across social groups
  • Equality of political power across social groupsweighted by population
  • Female genital mutilation prevalence
  • Freedom of associationBTI
  • Freedom of associationV-Dem
  • Freedom of expressionBTI
  • Freedom of expressionV-Dem
  • Human rights
  • Human rightsweighted by population
  • Human rights vs. GDP per capita
  • Human rights vs. electoral democracy
  • Individual liberties and equality before the law
  • Marital status of adults who identify as LGBT in the US
  • Number of cases of killed human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists
  • Number of countries where homosexuality is legal
  • Number of countries where same-sex marriage is legal
  • People living in countries by women in parliament
  • People living in countries in which a woman is government's chief executive
  • People living in countries in which a woman is head of state
  • People living in countries that have legalized same-sex marriage
  • People living in countries with universal right to vote
  • Percentage of girls (15 to 19) who report having been victims of sexual abuse
  • Physical integrity rightsFariss et al.
  • Physical integrity rightsweighted by population
  • Physical integrity rightsV-Dem
  • Political civil libertiesweighted by population
  • Political civil liberties
  • Political libertiesLexical Index
  • Political regimeRegimes of the World
  • Political regimeFreedom House, free countries
  • Press freedomFreedom House
  • Press freedomReporters Sans Frontieres
  • Private civil libertiesweighted by population
  • Private civil liberties
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
  • Proportion of women who make their own informed health care decisions
  • Same-sex marriage recognition
  • Same-sex married households in the US
  • Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote
  • Share of countries where homosexuality is legal
  • Share of countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions
  • Share of firms with a female top manager
  • 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 parliamentWorld Bank
  • Share of women in parliamentV-Dem
  • Share of women in parliamentweighted by population
  • 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 were married by age 18
  • Share of young women who experienced any form of sexual violence before reaching the age of 18
  • Universal right to voteLexical Index
  • Universal right to vote for menLexical Index
  • Universal right to vote for womenLexical Index
  • Which countries have systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women's empowerment?
  • Woman is government's chief executive
  • Woman is head of government
  • Woman is head of state
  • Women participating in decisionmaking vs. children per woman
  • Women who experienced violence by an intimate partner
  • Women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
  • Women's civil libertiesweighted by population
  • Women's civil liberties
  • Women's civil society participationweighted by population
  • Women's civil society participation
  • Women's political empowermentweighted by population
  • Women's political empowerment
  • Women's political participationweighted by population
  • Women's political participation

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