The Women, Business and the Law index 2023 showed that women and men in Russia had equal rights to freedom of movement, property, and inheritance. In areas like pension, workplace, and pay, Russian women experienced several constrains. As an example, the source referred to the fact that they were forbidden from working in exploratory drilling of oil and gas wells. The overall WBL score of Russia was measured at 73.1 index points.
Women, business and the law (WBL) index in Russia in 2023, by indicator
The source specified the following information:
"Women, Business and the Law 2023 presents an index structured around the stages of a woman’s working life. This framework helps align areas of the law with the economic decisions women make as they experience various milestones. The indicators not only represent women’s interactions with the law as they begin, progress through, and end their careers, but also are an easily replicable measure of the legal environment that women face as entrepreneurs and employees. This edition of Women, Business and
the Law presents an update of the index, taking into account the laws and regulations reformed between October 2, 2021, and October 1, 2022." In each indicator, a score of 100 means that women are on an equal right standing with men.
"Eight indicators—structured around women’s interactions with the law
as they begin, progress through, and end their careers—align with the economic decisions women make at various stages of their lives. Indicators capture legal differences between men and women" in the following areas: Mobility: "examines constraints on freedom of movement" Workplace: "analyzes laws affecting women's decisions to work" Pay: "measures laws and regulations affecting women's pay" Marriage: "assesses legal constraints related to marriage" Parenthood: "examines laws affecting women's work after having children" Entrepreneurship: "analyzes constraints on women's starting and running businesses" Assets: "considers gender differences in property and inheritance" Pension: "assesses laws affecting the size of a woman's pension."
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World Bank. (March 2, 2023). Women, business and the law (WBL) index in Russia in 2023, by indicator [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088340/russia-women-business-and-the-law-index-by-category/
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