Step-by-step explanation:
Providing equal rights to women and men is fundamental to achieving gender equality. For generations, women’s rights movements have fought to make this a reality. For example, while it was not the case a century ago, today most women around the world have the right to vote. But many other laws affecting economic opportunity and financial and social inclusion continue to treat men and women differently.
On a broad set of legal rights, the average woman today is afforded only three-quarters of the rights the average man enjoys. The World Bank's Women, Business and the Law Index informs SDG target 5.1 (End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere) and measures SDG indicator 5.1.1 by analyzing laws and regulations that affect women’s employment and entrepreneurship in 190 economies.
The Women, Business and the Law explores 35 legal questions in all. The legal rights are divided among eight indicators across various themes (Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension) . Each indicator asks four or five questions about the presence or absence of laws and regulations that seek to provide equality of socio-economic opportunity between women and men. For example, Marriage includes the questions, ‘Is there legislation specifically addressing domestic violence?’ and ‘Does a woman have the same rights to remarry as a man?’. A perfect score of 100 on the index represents equal rights for women and men in the set of legal rights covered.