Gender equality and fair treatment of women and girls is a moral imperative, but global data analytics, evidence and experience clearly demonstrate that including women also fosters economic…

Women, Business and the Law 2023 finds that the global Women, Business and the Law index average is 77.1 out of 100.

We-Fi Zambia tackles some of the key constraints facing SMEs, particularly women-led SMEs, in Zambia, such as gaps in financial management and documentation that can make assessing an SME’s…

Recently published Women, Business and the Law (WBL) brief “Legal Reforms to Protect Women at Home and at Work in São Tomé and Príncipe,” investigates how reform efforts resulted in the…

The World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2022 added new pilot research on laws for childcare provision in 95 economies. The data identifies regulatory interventions on the availability,…

Would you get paid leave after giving birth in your country? Would your partner have more paid days off than you?

Data from the private sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) points to the consequences of gender-based discrimination in the labor market, as discussed in a recent paper based on a…

Documentation of legal barriers to women’s economic opportunities often overlooks accessibility related to both disability and gender. To fill this gap, the Women, Business and the Law project…

Taxation offers an objective and measurable benchmark for global progress toward gender equality. However, we lack a global picture of how women are treated by tax policies. To address the gap,…

Women’s economic empowerment is key to quickening and strengthening Uganda’s path to inclusive and sustainable economic growth.