Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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Demographic and Health Surveys
European Institute for Gender Equality
European Union
human immunodeficiency virus
International Center for Research on Women
information and communication technology
International Labour Organization
International Men and Gender Equality Survey
Inter-Parliamentary Union
International Standard Classification of Occupations
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Middle East and North Africa
Morgan Stanley Capital International
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Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development
Programme for International Student Assessment
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Social Institutions and Gender Index
science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Union Bank of Switzerland
United Nations
Women, Business and the Law
World Health Organization
World Values Survey