Topic: Regulation & policy clear · back to the knowledge map
Since 2007, Japan's MHLW certifies employers meeting childcare-leave targets under the 'Kurumin' mark. Over 4,900 firms were certified by early 2025, though …
Facing a 62% rise in gender-violence deaths, Puerto Rico's governor declared a state of emergency in January 2021, unlocking $7M in funding, …
On 28 July 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe's National Assembly unanimously passed a law reserving 40% of parliamentary, cabinet and public-administration posts …
Togo's 2013 Electoral Code (Article 220) requires party candidate lists to alternate equally between women and men, one of only four African …
In June 2020 Seychelles replaced its 2000 family-violence law with a Domestic Violence Act covering psychological, economic and sexual abuse and barring …
Tunisia's 2017 Organic Law 58 created the country's first comprehensive law against violence against women, closing the marry-your-rapist loophole, but independent surveys …
Nicaragua's parity law pushed women to 53.9% of National Assembly seats by 2024, the world's third-highest, but the same period saw Ortega-Murillo …
Israel's 1999 Companies Law was among the world's first to require at least one woman on every public company board. 25 years …
Passed in December 2016, Law 5777/16 made Paraguay the 18th Latin American country to criminalise femicide (10–30 years' imprisonment), established a Women's …
Japan's 2015 act requires companies with 100+ staff to publish gender data and submit action plans. Female managers rose from 6.2% (2012) …
Passed unanimously by Ghana's Parliament on 30 July 2024 and assented to on 11 September 2024, Act 1121 mandates minimum 30% female …
The authors evaluate a 2011 Italian law that installed a step-wise increase in gender quota that remains effective for three consecutive board …
Open full copilot Grounded in cited practices — always check the sources.
