Countries in which a woman is government's chief executive, World, 1789 to 2022
Chief executive is head of government or head of state, whoever has more power. This is recorded on December 31 of each year.
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- A woman has the same rights to remarry as a man
- Average age at marriage, women
- Child marriage prohibited or invalidated
- Countries by share of women in parliament
- Countries in which a woman is head of government
- Countries in which a woman is head of state
- Criminal penalties or civil remedies exist for sexual harassment in employment
- Days of paid maternity leave
- Dismissal of pregnant workers prohibited
- Distribution of women's political empowerment index
- Distribution of women's share in parliamentweighted by population
- Distribution of women's share in parliament
- Employment discrimination based on gender prohibited
- Exceptions to the legal age of marriage
- Female labor force participation ratesOECD & Long
- Gender discrimination in credit access prohibited
- Gender ratio for average years of schooling
- Law mandates equal remuneration for females and males for work of equal value
- Legal age of marriage for girls
- Legislation addressing domestic violence specifically
- Legislation establishes clear criminal penalties for domestic violence
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment
- Legislation that specifically addresses sexual harassment
- Male and female surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets
- Married couples jointly share legal responsibility for financially maintaining the family’s expenses
- Married women are required by law to obey their husbands
- Married women can legally confer citizenship to their children in the same way as married men
- Married women can legally confer their citizenship to a non-national spouse in the same way as married men
- Maternal mortality ratioWith SDG Target
- Men and married women have equal ownership rights to property
- Paid leave is available to fathers
- Paid leave of at least 14 weeks available to mothers
- Paid parental leave
- Penalties for authorizing or entering into child or early marriage
- Pension benefits account for periods of absence due to childcare
- People living in countries in which a woman is government's chief executive
- People living in countries in which a woman is head of government
- People living in countries in which a woman is head of state
- Presence of a specialized court or procedure for cases of domestic violence
- Prevalence of female genital mutilation
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation ratesLine chart
- Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
- Representation of women in the upper chamber of parliament
- Retirement age with full pension benefits same for women and men
- Share of day women spend on unpaid domestic and care work
- Share of firms with a female top manager
- Share of population subjected to sexual violence, male vs. female
- Share of senior and middle management positions filled by women
- Share of the population subjected to physical violence, male vs. female
- Share of women in local government
- Share of women in ministerial positions
- Share of women in parliamentIPU
- Share of women in parliamentV-Dem
- Share of women that are expected to die from pregnancy-related causes
- Share of women using modern contraceptive methods
- Share of women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife
- Share of women who experienced violence by an intimate partner
- Share of women who experienced violence by an intimate partnerIHME
- Share of women who experienced violence from an intimate partnerUnited Nations
- Share of women who make their own informed health care decisions
- Share of women who report having been victims of forced sex as children
- Share of women who were married by age 15
- Share of women who were married by age 18
- Share of young women who experienced sexual violence as children
- Sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents
- Spouses have equal legal administrative authority over assets during marriage
- Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings
- Unmarried women can legally confer citizenship to their children in the same way as married men
- Unmet need for contraception among married women of reproductive age
- Woman is government's chief executive
- Woman is head of government
- Woman is head of state
- Women and men's testimony carries the same evidentiary weight in court
- Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men
- Women can be head of household in the same way as men
- Women can choose where to live in the same way as men
- Women can obtain a judgment of divorce in the same way as men
- Women can obtain a national identity card in the same way as married men
- Women can open a bank account in the same way as men
- Women can sign a contract in the same way as men
- Women can take the same jobs as men
- Women can travel outside the country in the same way as men
- Women can travel outside their home in the same way as men
- Women can work at night in the same way as men
- Women can work in a job deemed dangerous in the same way as men
- Women can work in an industrial job in the same way as men
- Women participating in decisionmaking vs. children per woman
- Women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
- Women's civil liberties indexweighted by population
- Women's civil liberties index
- Women's civil society participation indexweighted by population
- Women's civil society participation index
- Women's political empowerment indexweighted by population
- Women's political empowerment index
- Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index
- Women's political participation indexweighted by population
- Women's political participation index
- Women's universal right to voteLexical Index
- Women, Business and the Law Index