Marina Elefante

Dec 5, 2024 | blogs.worldbank.org | Siyi Wang |Marina Elefante |Anna Tabitha Bonfert

Laws and policies are essential to address violence against women. Global data from Women, Business and the Law reveal that comprehensive laws on child marriage, sexual harassment, domestic violence and femicide are lacking in more than 90 percent of economies. Even when laws addressing violence against women are in place, they may not be supported by policies to implement them.

May 9, 2024 | blogs.worldbank.org | Shantel Marekera |Nayantara Vohra |Marina Elefante

Women, Business and the Law’s Safety indicator delves into four dimensions of GBV: child marriage, sexual harassment, domestic violence, and femicide. The indicator measures legal frameworks, frameworks supporting the implementation of the law, and the opinions of experts on the outcome of laws.