{"page":1,"pages":1,"per_page":"5000","total":12,"source":[{"id":"14","name":"Gender Statistics","concept":[{"id":"Series","variable":[{"id":"GD_WBL_SAF_LAW_DOMVIOL","metatype":[{"id":"Developmentrelevance","value":"Women, Business and the Law (WBL) provides comprehensive and comparable data on the legal, supportive, and enforcement environments shaping women’s economic participation. Laws are fundamental to women’s economic opportunities because they determine whether women can work, start and run businesses, own and inherit assets, access finance, and receive equal pay and protections. Legal barriers can directly restrict women’s participation in the labor market and entrepreneurship, while enabling laws can expand access to jobs, income, and economic security. By expanding beyond laws on the books to include supportive frameworks and expert assessments of enforcement, WBL helps identify gaps between formal legal reforms and their implementation in practice. The data support cross-country benchmarking, evidence-based policy dialogue, and research on the relationship between gender equality, productivity, and economic growth."},{"id":"Generalcomments","value":"1. Reference period: In the WDI and Gender Databases, the reference period reflects the data coverage year, not the WBL report year shown on the WBL website. For example, WBL 2026 (report year) corresponds to 2025data  in WDI and the Gender Database.\u000a2. Methodology: The 2026 Women, Business and the Law (WBL) report uses the revised WBL 2.0 methodology. The WBL series in the Gender Database reflects WBL 2.0 as of March 2, 2026, and the WBL series in the World Development Indicators (WDI) reflects WBL 2.0 as of April 2026. Further details are available in the WBL Methodology Handbook (2026). Data based on the previous methodology (WBL 1.0), including the historical series, remain available on the WBL data download page for reference.\u000a3.  Income group classification: Classifications follow the World Bank Country and Lending Groups for fiscal year 2026. Ethiopia and Venezuela, RB are not assigned to an income group."},{"id":"IndicatorName","value":"WBL: Legal Framework, Safety, The law addresses domestic violence"},{"id":"License_Type","value":"CC BY 3.0 IGO"},{"id":"License_URL","value":"http://creativecommons.org / licenses/by/3.0/igo"},{"id":"Limitationsandexceptions","value":"WBL measures formal legal frameworks, supportive policies, and expert perceptions of enforcement, but it does not capture all social norms, informal practices, subnational variation, or intersectional inequalities that may influence women’s economic outcomes. Enforcement indicators rely on expert assessments, which may not fully reflect actual experiences on the ground. The dataset focuses on codified national law and operational government policies; uncodified customary or personal laws are excluded unless codified or explicitly referenced and established through judicial decisions. General parameters (e.g., main business city, adult lawful citizen) are used to ensure cross-economy comparability. In addition, reporting years in WBL may differ from reference years used in other databases such as WDI or the Gender Data Portal, which can lead to timing differences when integrating datasets."},{"id":"Longdefinition","value":"The indicator assesses whether the following exists: (1) law or legal provisions on domestic violence; (2) law establishes criminal penalties for domestic violence; (3) law establishes protection orders for victims of domestic violence; (4) law on domestic violence addresses physical, psychological, financial/economic, and sexual violence (including marital rape), where partial score of 0.25 is assigned to each form of violence addressed.  The total indicator score = 1 if all four conditions are met and all four forms of domestic violence are addressed in the law. Partial score is assigned if all four conditions are met, but only some and not all four  forms of domestic violence are addressed in the law; otherwise score=0. For details, please refer to the WBL Methodology Handbook (link: https://wbl.worldbank.org/content/dam/sites/wbl/documents/2026/WBL-Methodology-Handbook-2026-FINAL.pdf)"},{"id":"Othernotes","value":"Original WBL code: Saf_Law_DomViol"},{"id":"Source","value":"World Bank: Women, Business and the Law. https://wbl.worldbank.org/"},{"id":"Statisticalconceptandmethodology","value":"Women, Business and the Law tracks progress on the enabling environment for women's economic opportunity in 190 economies. Data are collected with standardized questionnaires to ensure comparability across economies. Questionnaires are administered to over 20,000 respondents with expertise in family, labor, and violence against women legislation, including lawyers, judges, academics, and members of civil society organizations working on gender issues. Respondents provide responses to the questionnaires and references to relevant laws and policies. All submissions are validated against codified laws, official government sources, and standardized protocols to ensure accuracy, comparability, and transparency. The Women, Business and the Law data reflect laws and policies in force through October 1 of the year prior to publication."},{"id":"Topic","value":"Violence"},{"id":"Unitofmeasure","value":"Score"}]}]}]}]}