GID-DB variables: discriminatory family code

GID-DB variables: discriminatory family code

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The Gender, Institutions and Development Database (GID-DB) is the only database providing researchers and policymakers with key data on gender-based discrimination in social institutions. Covering 160 countries, the GID-DB contains comprehensive information on legal, cultural and traditional practices that discriminate against women and girls. The GID-DB covers five sub-indices including discriminatory family code.

Discriminatory family code captures social institutions that limit women’s decision-making power and undervalue their status in the household and the family. These formal and informal laws, social norms and practices co-exist in different types of legal systems including civil or common law, customary law, and religious laws and cover areas such as marriage, parental authority and inheritance. Women’s decision-making power and status determine both their ability to choose their own development pathways and the well-being of their families.

The GID-DB includes the following variables under the discriminatory family code sub-index:
<ul>
<li>Legal age of marriage</li>
<li>Early marriage</li>
<li>Parental authority during marriage</li>
<li>Parental authority after divorce</li>
<li>Inheritance rights for widows</li>
<li>Inheritance rights for daughters</li>
<li>Divorce</li>
<li>Unpaid care work</li>
</ul>
See the enitre GID-DB <a href="http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?datasetcode=GIDDB2014">here</a>

<strong>Learn about the other sub-indices:</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wikigender.org/wiki/gid-db-variables-restricted-physical-integrity/">Restricted physical integrity</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wikigender.org/wiki/gid-variables-political-empowerment/">Son bias</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wikigender.org/wiki/restricted-resources-and-assets/">Restricted resources and assets</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wikigender.org/wiki/restricted-civil-liberties/">Restricted civil liberties</a></li>
</ul>