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6. Gender-equal inheritance systems are not adopted in all countries.

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The gender-equal inheritance systems were rare until recently. Below you can see how the situation looked in 1920. Globally, in most countries women did not have equal rights when it came to inheritance. Today the situation is much better, however there are still countries in North Africa, Middle East or South East Asia which do not apply gender-equal inheritance systems.

Source: How Was Life? Gender inequality since 1980 – Carmichael, Dili,and Rijpma. Available at: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/306236/3014041ec016.pdf?sequence=1

 

Source: How Was Life? Gender inequality since 1980 – Carmichael, Dili,and Rijpma. Available at: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/306236/3014041ec016.pdf?sequence=1

 

Overall, gender inequalities have been shrinking substantially over the last century.

Tracking progress related to gender inequalities across multiple dimensions is facilitated by synthetic indicators that aggregate various dimensions. Such an indicator is the Women’s Economic Opportunity Index (WEO) published by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

The WEO index defines women’s economic opportunity as: “a set of laws, regulations, practices, customs and attitudes that allow women to participate in the workforce under conditions roughly equal to those of men, whether as wage-earning employees or as owners of a business.” The WEO index is composed of 29 indicators based on data from multiple resources including the UN and the OECD.

The below map from the Economist Intelligence Unit shows the WEO index globally. Higher scores mean better economic opportunities for women.

Source: Economist Intelligence Unit (2012)

 

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