This report aims to evaluate the processes and implementation mechanisms of judicial waivers across different jurisdictions.

Women experience disadvantage and oppression differentially, based on their status, context and location.

It is now common practice to infer the social status of women from their demographic characteristics. Yet it is not so easy to read through demographic progress, in terms of declines in mortality and fertility, to make unambiguous judgments about trends in women's social standing.

Status literally means position in relation to others. The status enjoyed by women in any society is an index of the standard of its social organisation.

Although female labour force participation is a growth driver, participation rates suggest a country’s potential for faster growth.