Closing the gap : improving laws protecting women from violence (English)

Women, business and the law examines where economies provide legal protection for women and girls in areas such as child marriage, domestic violence, and marital rape. It also collects data on remedies, such as the existence and scope of protection orders for victims of domestic violence. Violence thwarts women’s economic empowerment by limiting their ability to exercise agency and make choices. Violence against women and girls both reflects and reinforces...

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Sakhonchik,Alena;

Recavarren, Isabel Santagostino;

Tavares,Paula Magarinos Torres;
Document Date
2015/04/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
117707
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2017/07/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Closing the gap : improving laws protecting women from violence
Keywords
law

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Sakhonchik,Alena; Recavarren, Isabel Santagostino; Tavares,Paula Magarinos Torres.

Closing the gap : improving laws protecting women from violence (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/180811501135102564

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