Gender Indicators

• Agency

  • Child marriage

    • Women who were first married by age 15 (% of women ages 20-24)

• Health

  • Domestic violence

    • Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of women age 15-49)
    • Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of five reasons) (%)
    • Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she argues with him (%)
    • Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she burns the food (%)
    • Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she goes out without telling him (%)
    • Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she neglects the children (%)
    • Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she refuses sex with him (%)

• Participation & access

  • Law

    • Nonpregnant and nonnursing women can do the same jobs as men (1=yes; 0=no)

  • Time spent on unpaid work

    • Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day)
    • Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male (% of 24 hour day)

• Public life & decision making

  • Law

    • Law mandates equal remuneration for females and males for work of equal value (1=yes; 0=no)
    • Law mandates nondiscrimination based on gender in hiring (1=yes; 0=no)
    • Law mandates paid or unpaid maternity leave (1=yes; 0=no)
    • Law prohibits or invalidates child or early marriage (1=yes; 0=no)
    • Legislation exists on domestic violence (1=yes; 0=no)
    • Mothers are guaranteed an equivalent position after maternity leave (1=yes; 0=no)
    • Nondiscrimination clause mentions gender in the constitution (1=yes; 0=no)

  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

    • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

  • Decision making

    • Women making their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (% of women age 15-49)
    • Women participating in the three decisions (own health care, major household purchases, and visiting family) (% of women age 15-49)