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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Do countries comprehensively prohibit gender discrimination at work? (sum_gender)

Data file: world-wgdl-2024-v1

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Valid: 193

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Width: 53

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	No prohibition	13	6.7%
2	Only prohibit some aspects and no broad prohibition	17	8.8%
3	Broad prohibition and specific for some areas	66	34.2%
4	Prohibits all aspects but not indirect discrimination	27	14%
5	Prohibits all aspects and indirect discrimination	70	36.3%

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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