WORLD Workplace Gender Discrimination Laws 2024

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria...and 190 more, 2023

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WLD_2024_WWGDL_v01_M

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WORLD Policy Analysis Center

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Feb 23, 2026

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Feb 23, 2026

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promotion/demotion: prohibition of maternal status discrimination (promdemo_matfam)

Data file: world-wgdl-2024-v1

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Valid: 193

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Width: 70

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	No prohibition	99	51.3%
2	General prohibition of discrimination in promotions and/or demotions	8	4.1%
4	Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on maternal status	7	3.6%
5	Yes, maternal status-specific prohibition	79	40.9%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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