This section contains a list of legislations around the
world pertaining to gender equality. Please note, this is not an
exhaustive list. Should you have information on other such laws that you
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Albania
Law on an Equal Gender Society 2004
Australia
Sex
Discrimination Act 1984 *pdf
Austria
Equal Treatment Act 1979
(amended in 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 2001)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Law
on Gender Equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003
Bulgaria
Act
on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 2002
China
Law of
the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Rights and Interests
of Women
Colombia
Por la Cual se Dictan
Normas Sobre Igualdad de Oportunidades para las Mujeres (Norms on the
Equality of Opportunity for Women) 2003
Croatia
Gender
Equality Act 2003
Denmark
Gender Equality
(Consolidation) Act
Estonia
Gender
Equality Act 2004
Finland
Act on
Equality between Women and Men (8.8.1986/609)
Honduras
Ley
de Igualdad de Oportunidades para la Mujer (Law on Equality of
Opportunities for Woman) 2000 *pdf
Ireland
Equality Act 2004
Japan
Basic
Law for Gender Equal Society 1999
Kosovo (UN
administered territory)
Law on
Gender Equality in Kosovo 2004
Kyrgyzstan Republic
Law
on the Basics of State Guarantees of Gender Equality 2003
Laos
Law on the Protection and
Development of Women 2004
Lithuania
Law
of the Republic of Lithuania on Equal Opportunities 1998
Nicaragua
Ley de Igualdad de
Derechos y Oportunidades (Law on Equality of Rights and Opportunities)
Norway
The
Act Relating to Gender Equality (the Gender Equality Act)
The
Act on Prohibition of Discrimination Based on Ethnicity, Religion, etc.
(the Anti-Discrimination Act) [unofficial translation]
The
Act on the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud and the Equality and
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal (The Anti-Discrimination Ombud Act)
Paraguay
Ley
No 1/92. De la Reforma Parcial del Código Civil (Law No 1/92 of the
Partial Reform of the Civil Code)
Puerto Rico
Ley para Garantizar la
Igualdad de Opportunidades en el Empleo por Genero e poner sanciones
(Law to Guarantee Equality of Opportunity in Employment) 1999
Romania
Law on
Equal Opportunities between Women and Men 2002
Singapore
Women’s
Charter 1961 (amended 1967, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1993, 1994, 1996,
2001)
Spain
Por el que se Crea el
Observatorio de la Igualdad de Oportunidades entre Mujeres y Hombres
2000
Slovenia
Act
on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 2002
Act
for Implementing Equal Treatment 2004
South Africa
Promotion
of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (No. 4 of
2000)
Promotion
of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Amendment Act, 2002
(Act 52 of 2002)
South Korea
Gender
Discrimination Prevention and Relief Act 1999
Sweden
Act on Equality between Men
and Women 1991
Switzerland
Federal
Act on Gender Equality 1995
United Kingdom
Sex Discrimination
Act 1975
Ukraine
On
State Guarantees of Equal Rights and Opportunities For Men and Women
2005