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Women, Business and the Law 2020
This year, Mr. Setiawan, as the Managing Partner of Kiki Setiawan & Partners Law Office, was trusted to be one of Local Experts in Indonesia to contribute in the Women, Business and The Law 2020 Report.
The Report was released on 14 January 2020 which basically analyzes laws and regulations affecting woman’s economic inclusion in 190 economies, including Indonesia. Some indicators are included in the Report such as Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets and Pension.
According to the Report, the research finds some points to be highlighted:
1. Women have only three-fourths of the legal rights of men.
2. 40 economies have enacted 62 reforms toward gender equality.
3. Achieving legal gender equality is not only the right thing to do, but it is also good for a country’s economic growth and development.
4. The economies that improved the most are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Nepal, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Jordan, and Tunisia.
5. With a recent reform to parental leave, Canada joins seven other economies that score 100 on the Women, Business and the Law index: Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Sweden.
On this research, the indicators capture legal differences between men and women and Indonesia get overall WBL score of 64.4/100.0. Despite the score, it is belief that the Indonesian Government, Indonesian women civil society organizations and all relevant stakeholders will make some improvements and developments of woman’s inclusion in Indonesian economic on women empowerment and rights to get access to any sector and level of economic in the upcoming years. Click Download PDF below to read the full article
The Report was released on 14 January 2020 which basically analyzes laws and regulations affecting woman’s economic inclusion in 190 economies, including Indonesia. Some indicators are included in the Report such as Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets and Pension.
According to the Report, the research finds some points to be highlighted:
1. Women have only three-fourths of the legal rights of men.
2. 40 economies have enacted 62 reforms toward gender equality.
3. Achieving legal gender equality is not only the right thing to do, but it is also good for a country’s economic growth and development.
4. The economies that improved the most are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Nepal, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Jordan, and Tunisia.
5. With a recent reform to parental leave, Canada joins seven other economies that score 100 on the Women, Business and the Law index: Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, and Sweden.
On this research, the indicators capture legal differences between men and women and Indonesia get overall WBL score of 64.4/100.0. Despite the score, it is belief that the Indonesian Government, Indonesian women civil society organizations and all relevant stakeholders will make some improvements and developments of woman’s inclusion in Indonesian economic on women empowerment and rights to get access to any sector and level of economic in the upcoming years. Click Download PDF below to read the full article
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