Women, Business and the Law (WBL): Mobility Topic

The Mobility topic evaluates whether an economy’s laws restrict women’s ability to choose where to live, travel domestically and abroad, or confer citizenship on spouses and children; whether the economy’s processes for applying for official identity documents and passports present gender-based barriers, as well as the existence of gender-sensitive public transportation policies and plans. The expert perception dimension assesses the extent to which laws constraining a woman’s agency and freedom of movement are enforced in practice.