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In 2020 Qatar became the first Gulf state to apply a universal minimum wage (QAR 1,000/month plus allowances) to domestic workers, alongside …
Nigeria's 2015 VAPP Act criminalises rape, FGM, coercive control and forced marriage. By mid-2024, 34 of 36 states had adopted it. Academic …
Croatia’s Second National Action Plan for Women, Peace, and Security (NAP II) was developed by the Government of the Republic of Croatia …
Named for activist Olimpia Coral Melo, Ley Olimpia criminalises sharing intimate images without consent. First passed in Puebla (2018) and federalised in …
The Caribbean Examinations Council published binding, region-wide standards governing AI use in CSEC, CAPE and CCSLC school-based assessments across its 16 Caribbean …
On 6 December 2022 Tierra del Fuego's legislature unanimously created a 10,341 km2 protected area over Península Mitre, safeguarding ~2,400 km2 of …
Ireland's AI Advisory Council told schools and universities in Feb 2025 that AI-detection tools ‘will not’ reliably catch AI-written work — a …
Dubai's private-school regulator KHDA and the UAE's national PDPL framework now require age-staged, teacher-supervised AI access, mandatory Data Protection Impact Assessments before …
SIVON and Kennisnet, backed by the Dutch education ministry, published a step-by-step AI Toetsingskader (v1.0, April 2026) helping the Netherlands' 476 school …
New Zealand's Parliamentary Counsel Office ran a six-month, five-partner R&D programme fine-tuning an 8-billion-parameter model on 200 examples of NZ legislation to …
Since February 2024, most development in England must deliver a measurable 10% biodiversity net gain in standardised biodiversity units — a statutory …
After banning unlicensed Starlink use with fines and jail time, Niue's government granted SpaceX a monitored 12-month trial licence in 2026 to …
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 …
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