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Nearly 2.4 billion women of working age live in countries where they do not enjoy the same economic rights as men.


The Women, Business and the Law 2022 index measures discrimination in the law that disproportionately affect women. The global average score stands at 76.5 out of 100, which suggests that an average woman has just three-quarters of the rights that men have.


Only 12 out of 190 countries score 100, indicating that women are on equal legal standing with men across all areas. The OECD high-income region has the highest average regional scores (93.2) and the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) has the lowest average score of 53.0.


Over the past year, 23 governments sought to address this inequality, introducing legal reforms to ensure women’s empowerment and protect not only their people but also their economies. Of the 39 laws that changed because of these reforms, 10 were enacted in the Middle East and North Africa. Despite its low scores, the region advanced the most as a result of these efforts, with 25% of economies implementing at least one reform. 


Gabon stands out in the 2022 index for its comprehensive reforms to its civil code and enactments of laws to eliminate violence against women, which affected 9 of the 15 data points. Gabon’s score on the index rose from 57.5 in 2020 to 82.5 in 2021.

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