Women, Business and the Law 2026: Benchmarking Laws for Jobs and Inclusive Growth
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Feb 24, 2026
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Women, Business and the Law 2026 is the 11th in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and policies that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies.
The 2026 edition introduces the updated Women, Business and the Law 2.0 framework, which assesses gender equality across three pillars that capture both formal laws and how they function in practice: legal frameworks, supportive systems, and perceptions of enforcement. The 2026 report also updates its index of 10 topics structured around a working woman’s life cycle: safety, mobility, work, pay, marriage, parenthood, childcare, entrepreneurship, assets, and pensions.
Data in Women, Business and the Law 2026 are current as of October 1, 2025.
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