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Women, Business and the Law Rankings 2023

Created Sep 25 2023, 5:23 AM by Veronica Del Motto
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WBL scores obtained by assessing 35 aspects of the law across 8 indicators representing different career phases – quantify rife discrimination against women. The legal rights of a typical South Asian woman fall far below the global average, at 64 percent of the legal rights that men enjoy. The variations are also stark. Nepali women are better off than the average global woman who enjoys 77 percent of rights, while Afghan, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani women fall well below the global average. You can access the research and data as well as details on the indicators used at WBL website.