This database maps laws from around the world relating to women’s status in the family and society. Launched in July 2018, it is under development by the Global Women's Leadership Project (GWLP) at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, in association with UN Women. In its first phase the database covers the laws of African, European and Latin American jurisdictions as well as Israel, India and Pakistan; work is continuing on Middle Eastern jurisdictions. For each jurisdiction, the database lists and summarises laws governing gender equality, marriage, separation and divorce, children, contract and business rights, property rights, female genital mutilation, trafficking, sexual violence, head of the household status and many other subjects. A few links to full-text laws are provided, but the database itself contains citations and summaries only; the data is currently in the form of a Google document.
UN Women's Family Law Database
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Women’s Family Law Database
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