This report examines more than three decades of reform to remove husband`s marital power from South African law and provides key information on optimal contexts for change and the role of women in ongoing advocacy efforts. Thank you for agreeing to give us your feedback on the new version of worldbank.org. Your response helps us improve our website. This report examines the introduction of the Parity Law in 2015 and an amendment to the Family Code in 2016. These two examples illustrate three success factors: champions of gender equality in local civil society groups; State and international actors making economic arguments for reforming discriminatory provisions; and the international commitments that led to the adoption of the reforms. Legal needs surveys, including in Bangladesh, Colombia, Kenya and Papua New Guinea, have helped to understand the judicial needs of citizens. Recent functional, institutional and expenditure reviews in Serbia, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova have fed into their reform programmes and laid the groundwork for measuring the future effects of reforms. The Justice for the Poor (J4P) program has generated dispute resolution analyses that give citizens a voice even in challenging contexts of legal pluralism and weak formal institutions. The Doing Business survey includes a quality of the judicial process index that evaluates initiatives to improve the resolution of trade disputes. Women Business and the Law (WBL) assesses the main legal barriers to women`s participation in business.
The World Bank`s Data and Evidence for Justice Reform (DE JURE) report provides a global platform to expand the evidence base on „what works” in judicial reform. Type in the search bar to filter by economy, region, indicator, year or description of the reform. You clicked a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before we go, we would love to hear your feedback about your experience during your stay here. Do you take two minutes to complete a short survey that will help us improve our website? The series of regional profiles presents data on laws, regulations and reform trends that promote women`s economic empowerment. It identifies persistent gaps and identifies best practices to help achieve equality before the law. Each profile is based on data on women, economics and law from 1970 to 2020. Regional profiles in the series include West and Central Africa, East and South Africa, and South Asia. World Bank projects in Serbia and Russia have helped to significantly reduce backlogs, while taking time to respond to requests and process cases. In Kenya, the bank helped the judiciary set up a case tracking system and use its data to improve its performance. In Romania, audio recording of hearings has improved transparency and accountability. In Albania and Colombia, among others, judicial reforms have contributed to improving court user satisfaction and confidence in justice sector services.
The reforms published in the report „Women, Economy and Law 2022” took place in the period of 2. October 2020 to October 1, 2021. Twenty-three economies from all regions and income groups have made women`s economic empowerment a priority by implementing reforms that have facilitated women`s entrepreneurship and entry into the labour market. During the same period, two economies made changes that widened the legal gender gap. The series of business summaries examines legal reforms that promote women`s economic empowerment. It also highlights the gaps that persist before men and women achieve equality before the law. Each summary is based on data on women, economics and law from 1970 to 2020, as well as contributions from civil society organizations. In Afghanistan, for example, the Bank supported an increase in the number of mutual legal aid providers.
In Nigeria, the Bank helped set up legal aid centres. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bank is developing a guide for micro and small entrepreneurs to help them solve justice problems. In Solomon Islands, the World Bank supported local leaders who help communities manage conflicts that undermine security, development, and social cohesion. This issues note presents the results of a pilot study on the legal rights of women with disabilities in 176 economies as part of the 10 inclusive development commitments for persons with disabilities. The Bank`s efforts to promote legal empowerment have helped client countries access all reforms by economy or indicator in the drop-down menu below. In Colombia, for example, the Bank helped develop mechanisms to respond to citizens` complaints and grievances in the area of health care. A project in Pakistan facilitated tax litigation and thus contributed to the fight against tax evasion and corruption. In Honduras, the World Bank supported community-based mechanisms for resolving land conflicts. In the Central African Republic, the World Bank promoted compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
In Cambodia, the Bank assisted the Board of Arbitration in resolving labour disputes. In Mauritania, the Bank established an FIU as part of an anti-money laundering project. In Sierra Leone, the Bank helped paralegals solve administrative problems and improve the delivery of health services. The Bank`s judicial work also includes the publication and dissemination of a wide range of analyses and diagnoses in the field of justice. He carries out analytical work to understand the challenges for the justice sector, the institutional framework and the political-economic context of reforms. Since 1971, economies have implemented more than 1500 reforms in all indicators of women, economics and law. Check out the reforms in the table below or download the reform database here. Women, Business and the Law tracks legal and regulatory changes for each of its eight indicators. Reform is any change in laws or regulations that results in an improvement in the score from 0 to 1 in one of the sub-questions of an indicator. Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the functionality of the website on worldbank.org. The Bank`s justice portfolio includes support to low-, middle- and high-income countries, from OECD countries to fragile states and post-conflict countries.
It operates in all legal traditions, including common law, civil law, Sharia and customary law. This letter focuses on a number of reforms in Kenya, including the passage of the Sexual Offences Act 2006, the Employment Act 2007 and the Protection from Domestic Violence Act 2015. The lessons from this letter can provide important insights to policymakers, advocacy groups, and international organizations working for gender legal equality in Kenya and beyond. This note shows how different countries regulate private childcare. It raises awareness of how high-quality childcare is linked to women`s economic empowerment and identifies areas for reform. This issues note examines lawful access and the existence of some key regulatory support services in a number of 100 economies with the aim of bridging gaps between laws and their implementation. 2) legal empowerment through protection and proactive engagement with women, the poor and marginalized groups to understand and manage their legal issues; 4) Develop analyses and diagnoses to inform policy makers, promote dialogue between stakeholders and better target reforms. The Bank`s work on legal empowerment tends to focus on justice issues related to poverty such as legal identity, land, displacement, access to basic services, and gender-based violence. How have women`s legal rights evolved over the past 50 years? This infographic explores how more than 1,500 reforms to empower women in the economy have been adopted in each country over the past 50 years.