Employment Law Alliance Partners with World Bank for Global Report on How Laws Impact Women in Business
Alliance Members Contribute Key Data to "Women, Business and the Law" Project.
- San Francisco, CA (1888PressRelease) November 15, 2011 - The Employment Law Alliance (ELA) served as a "Global Partner" for The World Bank Group on its recently released report Women, Business and the Law 2012: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion. ELA member firms provided data and feedback for the study, which details the laws of 141 countries and how they impact women's ability to secure employment and start businesses.
"We are honored to have contributed to this important, global report. For multinational employers, public policy professionals and anyone seeking to understand our world better, this sort of in-depth information and analysis is vital," said Stephen J. Hirschfeld, CEO of the ELA. "The same on-the-ground, around-the-world perspectives and insights we provided to the World Bank are what we provide to our clients on a regular basis thanks to this incredible network of more than 3,000 labor, employment and immigration lawyers in more than 135 countries."
Notable report findings include:
• Globally, women represent 49.6 percent of the population, but only 40.8 percent of the workforce.
• Economies with greater legal differences between men and women have, on average, lower female participation in the workforce.
• Thirty-six economies reduced legal differences between men and women between June 2009 and March 2011.
• In 23 economies married women cannot legally choose where to live.
• In 29 economies married women cannot legally be recognized as head of their household.
Women, Business and the Law 2012: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion is the report's second edition, following a pilot report published in March 2010. The report explores economies around the globe with the purpose of educating government agencies, researchers, policy makers, civil society groups and associations. Among the topics covered are: maternity and paternity leave, retirement and pensions, flexible work and restrictions on working at night and in specific industries. Download the full report here: http://wbl.worldbank.org/~/media/FPDKM/WBL/Documents/Reports/2012/Women-Business-and-the-Law-2012.pdf.
About The World Bank Group's Women, Business and the Law Project:
The project measures how regulations and institutions differentiate between women and men in ways that may affect women's incentives or capacity to work or to set up and run a business. Women, Business and the Law objectively measures such legal differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit, and going to court. While the project provides a clear picture of gender gaps based on legal differences in each economy, it is a simple snapshot measuring only legal differentiation. It does not capture the full extent of the gender gap, nor does it indicate the relative importance of each aspect covered. For a collection of national legal provisions impacting women's economic status in 183 economies, please visit the Gender Law Library: http://wbl.worldbank.org/WBLLibrary/elibrary.aspx?libid=17.
About The Employment Law Alliance:
The Employment Law Alliance is the world's largest network of labor and employment lawyers. With specialists in more than 135 countries, all 50 states and each Canadian province, the ELA provides multi-state and multi-national companies with seamless and cost-effective services worldwide. On the web at: http://www.employmentlawalliance.com.
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