Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 — Criminalising Coercive Control as a Course of Behaviour
Scotland's 2018 Act created the UK's first "course of behaviour" offence, criminalising coercive control as domestic abuse. Since April 2019: 93% of …
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Scotland's 2018 Act created the UK's first "course of behaviour" offence, criminalising coercive control as domestic abuse. Since April 2019: 93% of …
Mexico's 2019 "Paridad en Todo" constitutional reform extended mandatory 50/50 parity from legislature lists to all public institutions. By 2024: women held …
Lei 11.340/2006 created specialist courts, 48-hour emergency protective orders, and a multi-agency GBV network. IPEA (TD 2048, 2015) found a 10% reduction …
NZD 2 billion pay equity settlement for 55,000 predominantly-female care and support workers, enacted June 2017. Wages rose 15-50% (minimum-wage workers: +21%). …
Law 21.216 (2020) mandated parity electoral lists and a results-correction mechanism for Chile's Constitutional Convention, producing the world's first gender-balanced constitutional body: …
First public disclosure of median gender pay gaps for ~5,000 Australian employers (100+ staff), published 27 Feb 2024. Median employer gap: 9.1%; …
Rwanda's 2003 Constitution (Art. 76) mandates ≥30% women in all elected positions; the Gender Monitoring Office (Law 51/2007) enforces compliance across public, …
Europe's first therapeutic treatment centre for IPV perpetrators (Oslo, 1987), ATV now operates 15 offices in Norway. An NKVTS outcome study documents …
Ireland's 2021 Act mandates annual gender pay gap reporting; in the first cycle (December 2022) 500+ companies disclosed figures showing a mean …
Sweden's Discrimination Act requires employers with 10+ staff to conduct an annual pay equity survey (lönekartläggning) and close identified gaps within three …
France's 2019 Grenelle against domestic violence produced 54 measures; 52 fully implemented. Emergency shelter capacity more than doubled (5,000→11,200+ places), 180,000 police …
France's 2018 law requires companies with 50+ employees to publish an annual gender-equality score (0–100 points). Average scores rose from 84/100 (2020) …
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