FAOLEX Database
Gender
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Decree No. 49.022 creating the Women's Entrepreneurship State Council (CEEF) of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Date of text: 01 April 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Rio de Janeiro
Brazil: Distrito Federal: Law No. 7.455 creating the Women's Protection Code.
Date of text: 28 February 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Distrito Federal
Brazil: Piauí: Law No. 8299 creating the State Documentation Programme for Rural Working Women in Piauí.
Date of text: 08 February 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Piauí
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para la Igualdad Salarial entre Mujeres y Hombres.
Date of text: 16 January 2024
Brazil: Amazonas: Law No. 6.749 on guidelines for the rights of women workers in the primary sector within the State of Amazonas.
Date of text: 10 January 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Amazonas
Brazil: Amazonas: Law No. 6.767 establishing guidelines to encourage female entrepreneurship.
Date of text: 10 January 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Amazonas
Brazil: Amazonas: Law No. 6.732 establishing the Female Entrepreneurship Seal, to be granted to companies, government and social entities that work in the development of actions involving the training, qualification, preparation and insertion of women in the labour market and female entrepreneurship.
Date of text: 05 January 2024. Territorial Subdivision: Amazonas
Brazil: Paraná: Law No. 17.504 creating the State Council for Women's Rights of Paraná under the organizational structure of the State Secretariat responsible for women's public policy, and establishing the State Fund for Women's Rights.
Date of original text: 15 December 2023 (11 January 2013). Territorial Subdivision: Paraná
Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte: Law No. 11.628 creating the State Programme to Promote Female Entrepreneurship in the State of Rio Grande do Norte.
Date of text: 12 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil: Maranhão: Law No. 12.138 establishing guidelines for the State Policy on Women's Rights in Comprehensive Health Care for Pregnant Women, Parturient Women and Post-partum Women in the State of Maranhão.
Date of text: 04 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Maranhão
Brazil: Maranhão: Law No. 12.139 establishing the State Policy for the Promotion, Protection and Support of Breastfeeding.
Date of text: 04 December 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Maranhão
Brazil: Decree No. 11.795 regulating Law No. 14.611 on the equal pay and remuneration criteria between women and men.
Date of text: 23 November 2023
Timor-Leste: Ministerial Order No. 60/2023 establishing the Functional Structure of the State Secretariat for Equality.
Date of text: 25 October 2023
Colombia: Ley No. 2337 por medio de la cual se fomenta la inclusión y participación de las mujeres en los programas para el emprendimiento, formación y desarrollo empresarial.
Date of text: 12 October 2023
Brazil: Law No. 14.611 establishing equal pay and remuneration criteria between women and men.
Date of text: 03 October 2023
Brazil: Pará: Law No. 10.092 establishing the State Policy for the Valorization of Rural Women.
Date of text: 02 October 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Pará
Timor-Leste: Decree-Law No. 74/2023 on the Secretary of State for Equality.
Date of text: 14 September 2023
Angola: Executive Decree No. 186/23 approving the Statute of the Women's Professional Training Centre.
Date of text: 31 August 2023
Brazil: Minas Gerais: Decree No. 48.676 providing for the State Women's Council.
Date of text: 24 August 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Minas Gerais
Colombia: Ley N° 2317 de 17 de Agosto de 2023 mediante la cual se establecen los lineamientos para la formulación de la política pública de nutrición prenatal y seguridad alimentaria gestacional.
Date of text: 17 August 2023
Brazil: Goiás: Law No. 22.191 establishing the State Policy for the Valorization of Rural Women.
Date of text: 07 August 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Goiás
Brazil: Maranhão: Law No. 11.995 establishing guidelines for the State Policy for Comprehensive Health Care for Women in Maranhão.
Date of text: 01 August 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Maranhão
Colombia: Ley N° 2306 de 31 de Julio de 2023 por medio de la cual se promueve la protección de la maternidad y la primera infancia, se crean incentivos y normas para la construcción de áreas que permitan la lactancia materna en el espacio público y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 31 July 2023
Brazil: Distrito Federal: Law No. 7.293 providing for the priority in taking resources destined for microcredit by the Government of the Federal District to women's groups.
Date of text: 19 July 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Distrito Federal
France: Loi n° 2023-623 du 19 juillet 2023 visant à renforcer l'accès des femmes aux responsabilités dans la fonction publique.
Date of text: 19 July 2023
Brazil: Distrito Federal: Law No. 7.289 establishing principles, guidelines and objectives for the State Policy on Women.
Date of text: 17 July 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Distrito Federal
Brazil: Amapá: Law No. 2.885 establishing the State Policy for the Empowerment of Women in the State of Amapá.
Date of text: 06 July 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
Argentina: Ley Nº VI-99 - Mujeres en contexto de ruralidad.
Date of text: 06 July 2023
Angola: Presidential Order No. 159/23 creating the Multisectoral Commission for the Implementation of the Project for Girls' Empowerment and Education for All (PAT II), coordinated by the Vice-President of the Republic.
Date of text: 06 July 2023
Colombia: Decreto N⁰ 1075 - Por el cual se adopta la estructura del Ministerio de Igualdad y Equidad y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 29 June 2023
Mauritania: Décret n°2023-085 du 15 juin 2023 portant création, organisation et fonctionnement d’un établissement public à caractère administratif dénommé « Centre de Formation pour l’Autonomisation des Femmes ».
Date of text: 15 June 2023
Brazil: Law No. 11.446 creating the State Policy of Training and Continuing Qualification of Women for the World of Work.
Date of text: 30 May 2023
Brazil: Mato Grosso: Law No. 12.131 establishing the Women in Politics Programme in the State of Mato Grosso.
Date of text: 29 May 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Mato Grosso
European Union: Directive (EU) 2023/970 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms.
Date of text: 10 May 2023
Brazil: Minas Gerais: Law No. 24.317 creating the Women's Partner Company Seal.
Date of text: 08 May 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Minas Gerais
Honduras: Decreto Ejecutivo Nº PCM 23-2023 - Reforma los Artículos 74, 75 y 76 del Reglamento de Organización, Funcionamiento y Competencias del Poder Ejecutivo.
Date of text: 04 May 2023
Brazil: Espírito Santo: Complementary Law No. 1.038 creating the State Secretariat for Women (SESM).
Date of text: 30 March 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Espírito Santo
Brazil: Rondônia: Law No. 5.536 establishing the State Policy to Promote Female Entrepreneurship in the State of Rondônia.
Date of text: 29 March 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Rondônia
Ecuador: Acuerdo Ministerial N⁰ MEM-VEER-2023-0001-AM - promueve el desarrollo e implementación de estrategias inclusivas de género en el Sector Eléctrico Ecuatoriano.
Date of text: 08 March 2023
Honduras: Decreto No. 9-2023 - Ley para la protección de las mujeres en contextos de crisis humanitarias, desastres naturales y emergencias.
Date of text: 08 March 2023
Brazil: Roraima: Law No. 1.794 establishing guidelines to encourage female entrepreneurship.
Date of text: 19 January 2023. Territorial Subdivision: Roraima
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para Impulsar la Economía Violeta.
Date of text: 10 January 2023
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 2/23 approving the Statute of Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women (MASFAMU).
Date of text: 03 January 2023
Brazil: Pernambuco: Law No. 18.085 establishing the State Policy for the Valorization of Rural Women.
Date of original text: 28 December 2022 (02 January 2024). Territorial Subdivision: Pernambuco
Sierra Leone: The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act, no. 23 of 2022.
Date of text: 23 December 2022
Austria: Women Advancement Plan (Frauenförderungsplan BMK).
Date of text: 22 December 2022
Togo: Loi N° 2022-018 du 15 novembre 2022 portant modification de la Loi N° 2015-10 du 24 novembre 2015 portant nouveau code penal, modifié par la Loi n° 2016-027 du 11 octobre 2016.
Date of text: 15 November 2022
Timor-Leste: Ministerial Order No. 41/2022 on the Territorial Delegations of the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion.
Date of text: 19 October 2022
Sao Tome and Principe: Equality Law No. 11/2022.
Date of text: 19 September 2022
Argentina: Resolución 566/2022 - Programa para el fortalecimiento de la participación social y ciudadana en materia de género y diversidad.
Date of text: 25 August 2022
Argentina: Resolución 483/2022 – Red Federal de Observatorios de Violencia y Desigualdades por Motivos de Género.
Date of text: 08 August 2022
Cuba: Ley Nº 156/2022- Código de las Familias.
Date of text: 22 July 2022
Tajikistan: Law No. 1890 “On equality and the elimination of all forms of discrimination”.
Date of text: 19 July 2022
Mali: Arrêté n°2022-3006/MJSCICCC-SG du 13 juillet 2022 fixant l’organisation, la composition et les modalites de fonctionnement du comite sectoriel d’institutionnalisation de la politique nationale genre.
Date of text: 13 July 2022
Ireland: Employment Equality Act 1998 (Section 20A) (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 264/2022).
Date of text: 03 June 2022
Chile: Decreto Nº 18 - Aprueba el Convenio de colaboración y transferencia entre el Ministerio de Minería y la Empresa Nacional de Minería (Enami) para el desarrollo del Programa de Capacitación y Transferencia Tecnológica para la Pequeña Minería Artesanal (PAMMA Productivo y PAMMA Mujer) para el año 2022.
Date of text: 30 May 2022
Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 43/2022 amending Resolution No. 103/2018 creating the Interministerial Commission for the Cross-cutting Gender Approach.
Date of text: 14 April 2022
Argentina: Resolución 94/2022 - Créase el Programa Ambiente + Diverso.
Date of text: 04 March 2022
Mauritania: Arrêté n°0024 portant création d’un mécanisme régional de protection des femmes et des filles.
Date of text: 11 January 2022
Belgium: Arrêté royal du 21 décembre 2021 relatif à la promotion de l'égalité des sexes dans les commissions de sélections de la haute fonction publique fédérale.
Date of text: 21 December 2021
MERCOSUR: MERCOSUR/ CMC Decreto N⁰ 04/21 – Comercio Internacional para la Autonomía Económica de las Mujeres en toda su diversidad – Lineamiento de trabajo en el MERCOSUR
Date of text: 13 December 2021
Italy: Decree 7 December 2021 concerning the adoption of guidelines aimed at promoting gender and generational equal opportunities, employment inclusion of people with disabilities in public contracts financed with PNRR and the PNC resources.
Date of text: 04 December 2021
Timor-Leste: Ministerial Order No. 76/2021 establishing the Structure of Central Services and Personnel Map of the Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion.
Date of text: 04 November 2021
Pakistan: National Commission on the Status of Women (Amendment) Act 2021 (Act No. XIX of 2021).
Date of text: 15 October 2021
Chile: Ley Nº 21.370 - Modifica diversos cuerpos legales con el fin de promover la equidad de género en el sector pesquero y acuícola.
Date of text: 18 August 2021
Chile: Ley Nº 21.356 - Establece la representación de género en los directorios de las empresas públicas y sociedades del Estado que indica.
Date of text: 24 July 2021
Norway: Regulation No. 2268 on subsidies for replacement during pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, and death.
Date of original text: 22 June 2021 (01 July 2023)
Niger: Décret n° 2021-348/PRN/MPF/PE du 27 mai 2021 portant organisation du Ministère de la Femme et de la Protection de l'Enfant.
Date of text: 27 May 2021
Germany: Law on the Establishment of the Federal Foundation for Equality.
Date of text: 18 May 2021
Pakistan: Punjab: Punjab Enforcement of Women's Property Rights Act 2021 (Act X of 2021).
Date of text: 17 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Punjab
Argentina: Resolución N⁰ 186/2021 – Crea el programa “Producir” en el ámbito de la Dirección Nacional de Asistencia Integral a las Víctimas de Violencia por Razones de Género.
Date of text: 23 April 2021
Peru: Ley Nº 31168 - Promueve el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas.
Date of text: 14 April 2021
Angola: Executive Decree No. 84/21 approving the Internal Regulation of the National Directorate for Family Policies, Equality and Gender Equity (DNPFIEG) of the Ministry of Social Action, Family and Promotion of Women.
Date of text: 29 March 2021
Panama: Ley Nº 202 - Modifica la Ley Nº 82, Ley que adopta medidas de prevención contra la violencia en las mujeres y la Ley Nº 7, Ley que adopta medidas para prevenir, prohibir y sancionar actos discriminatorios.
Date of text: 08 March 2021
Georgia: Adjara: Resolution No. 19-IIS of 2021 of Supreme Council of Adjara on Charter of Gender Equality Council of Supreme Council of Adjara
Date of text: 02 March 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Adjara
Ecuador: Resolución N⁰ GSEP-2021-002 – Crea la Mesa Técnica Permanente para la Iniciativa de Paridad de Género—Economía Violeta.
Date of text: 12 February 2021
Tajikistan: Governmental Decree No. 5 validating the Regulation “On grants of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to support and develop women's entrepreneurial activities for 2021-2025”.
Date of original text: 28 January 2021 (28 March 2022)
Ecuador: Resolución Nº CNIG-ST-2021-001 — Reglamento para la tramitación de casos de observancia del Consejo Nacional para la Igualdad de Género (CNIG).
Date of text: 08 January 2021
Brazil: Minas Gerais: Law No. 23.780 establishing the State policy of care for pregnant and postpartum women in situations of vulnerability and social and personal risk, as well as their children.
Date of text: 07 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Minas Gerais
Dominican Republic: Decreto N⁰ 1-21 - Crea e integra el Gabinete de las Mujeres, Adolescentes y Niñas.
Date of text: 05 January 2021