NEWS – Women, Business and Law index released

ABOUT THE INDEX

• Released by World Bank index
• Aim – measure how laws and regulations affect women’s economic opportunity
• Indicators: It has eight indicators- Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension
• Scores: Range from 0 to 100, where 100 denotes equal legal rights for men and women.
• The data offer objective and measurable benchmarks for evaluating global progress toward legal gender equality
• Milestone Edition: The 2024 edition marks the 10th iteration of the report

HIGHLIGHTS

• Globally, none of the countries has a full score in the new index, indicating that women did not enjoy equal rights in any of the countries.
• India’s ranking improved to 113 out of 190 countries.
• Indian women enjoyed 60% of the legal rights given to men as per the new report, lower than the global average of 64.2%.