New York City's "MWBE" program, enacted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as Local Law 129 of 2005, is designed to promote government contracting opportunities for businesses owned by minorities and women. Our "Emerging Business Enterprise" program, enacted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as Local Law 12 of 2006, is designed to promote such opportunities for businesses owned by persons who are "socially and economically disadvantaged." Together, the programs establish the following Citywide goals for contracts and subcontracts in amounts under $1 million.

This dataset provides insights into the record number of companies founded by women in the UK in 2023, along with information on gender representation in business and self-employment.

In 2019, the leading obstacle faced by women in business in the United States was balancing business and family life. That year, ** percent of female business owners said that this was the biggest obstacle they faced that their male counterparts do not.

Chile had the highest share of female entrepreneurs among the OECD countries in 2023 and 2024 with ** percent of women having started or in the process of starting their own business. Colombia followed with a share of ** percent. By comparison, the lowest rates of female entrepreneurship in the countries included were found in Poland and Denmark.

Women's Business Centers (WBCs) represent a national network of nearly 100 educational centers throughout the United States and its territories, which are designed to assist women in starting and growing small businesses. WBCs seek to "level the playing field" for women entrepreneurs, who still face unique obstacles in the business world. SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) oversees the WBC network, which provides entrepreneurs (especially women who are economically or socially disadvantaged) comprehensive training and counseling on a variety of topics in several languages

This statistic displays the women business owners share in Europe in 2019, by country. In 2019, the largest percentage of European women business owners could be found in Russia, at nearly ********* of the total business owners. In Ireland, on the other hand, only **** percent of the business owners were female. The highest score worldwide was visible in Uganda, at **** percent.

“We cannot measure what we cannot count.” NWBC entered into an Interagency Agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to fund the development of custom tabulations on women-owned employer and nonemployer firms. The unique custom tabulations, which utilize data from both the Annual Business Survey (ABS) and the Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D), are featured here as raw data to serve primarily as a resource for researchers and practitioners. To learn more about the ABS and NES-D, we encourage you to visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s website at: https://www.census.gov/. Sources: Annual Business Survey--https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html Annual Nonemployer Demographics Statistics--https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/nesd.html

In 2021, the United States was the leading country in the world in terms of supporting female entrepreneurship. The country scored **** index points, with New Zealand and Canada close behind. Of the ** countries included in the index, Bangladesh was given the lowest score with ****, followed by Egypt and Malawi.The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) rates women's conditions based on three components: women’s advancement outcomes, knowledge assets and financial access, and entrepreneurial supporting conditions.

According to a new study, women started 49% of new businesses in the United States in 2021. This is way up from 28% in 2019.

Women, Business and the Law (WBL) is a World Bank Group project collecting data on the laws and policy mechanisms that measure the enabling environment for women's economic opportunity. Since 2009, Women, Business and the Law has been enhancing the study of gender equality and informing discussions on improving women's economic opportunities and empowerment. The dataset offers objective and measurable benchmarks for global progress toward gender equality. Comparable across economies, the data is useful for research and policy discussions on improving women's economic opportunities. This year, the study presents two sets of data: Women, Business and the Law 1.0 and an expanded version, Women, Business and the Law 2.0. Women, Business and the Law 1.0 covers 190 economies and eight topics relevant to women's economic participation. Women, Business and the Law 2.0 introduces a new framework for measuring the implementation gap. It analyzes laws—de jure— and examines the existence of frameworks supporting implementation of the law and gauges experts’ opinions on the outcome of the law for women—de facto. Women, Business and the Law 2.0 introduces two new indicators – Safety and Childcare – and revises its ongoing indicators.

Women, Business and the Law measures legal differences between men's and women's access to economic opportunities in 190 economies. Thirty-five aspects of the law are scored across eight indicators of four or five binary questions. Each indicator represents a different phase of a woman's career. The methodology was designed as an easily replicable measure of the legal environment for women as entrepreneurs and employees. We update the data based on feedback from respondents with expertise in family, labor and criminal law. Indicator-level scores are obtained by calculating the unweighted average of the questions within that indicator and scaling the result to 100. Overall scores are then calculated by taking the average of each indicator, with 100 representing the highest possible score.

For more information about the methodology for data collection, scoring and analysis, and to use a new data visualization tool, visit http://wbl.worldbank.org.

In Latin America, Peru had the highest rate of female businesses ownership in 2021. Out of the total business owners, **** percent of them were women. Brazil followed second with ** percent of women's business ownership rate. Furthermore, women had overall higher necessity-driven entrepreneurship rates in the region than men.

This dataset represents a list of Minority and Women owned businesses as well as locations, services, and contact information.

By measuring where the law treats men and women differently, this book shines a light on how women's incentives or capacity to work are affected by the legal environment and provides a basis for improving regulation. The fourth edition in a series, this book examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees in 173 economies, across seven areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit, going to court, and protecting women from violence. The report's quantitative indicators are intended to inform research and policy discussions on how to improve women's economic opportunities and outcomes.

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“World Bank Group. 2015. Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22546 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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Payment totals, by quarter, for Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women Business Enterprises (WBE). This information provides a snapshot in time and is subject to change based on available data. Also, please note that this information is related solely to contracts awarded through the Department of Procurement Services. For more information on the MBE/WBE Program, see https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dps/provdrs/cert.html. The data for the initial launch combined the first two quarters of 2019. Subsequent data generally cover individual quarters but occasionally may also be combined.

Botswana was the leading African country for favoring women's entrepreneurship in 2021. In the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE), the country scored **** points and was followed by South Africa (****) and Ghana (****). According to the index, these nations not only have a high percentage of female-owned businesses but also formally support women entrepreneurs. Worldwide, male-owned businesses are prevalent in both developing and developed countries, with women often suffering from gender discrimination and burdening family responsibilities. Moreover, in developing nations, it is common to establish entrepreneurial activities out of necessity.

Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional trends and shows how economies are changing across these six areas, tracking governments' actions to expand economic opportunities for women. For men and women throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job is the surest hope for a way out of poverty. It also requires good business regulation, suited to the purpose, streamlined and accessible, so that the opportunity to build a business or have a good job is dependent not on connections, wealth or power, but on an individual's initiative and ability. The doing business report has led the way in providing data to countries about creating a sounder and more streamlined business environment. Women, Business, and the Law 2012 are the second in this series of reports. This edition retains the same basic structure of the 2010 pilot edition, while significantly expanding the depth of data covered. While the number of topics covered is the same, there has been a significant expansion of the data collected within these topics, thus addressing some of the initial shortcomings of the pilot edition. The number of economies covered has also been expanded from 128 to 141.

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“World Bank; International Finance Corporation. 2011. Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27444 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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Globally there are 252 million women owned businesses and entrepreneurs today. As of 2019, there were 13 million women-owned businesses in the US alone. And over 5.5 million of those 13 million businesses are owned by women from minority groups.

Ireland Women, Business and the Law Index: Mobility Score data was reported at 100.000 Score in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 Score for 2022. Ireland Women, Business and the Law Index: Mobility Score data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 Score from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Score in 2023 and a record low of 75.000 Score in 1986. Ireland Women, Business and the Law Index: Mobility Score data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ireland – Table IE.World Bank.WBL: Governance: Women, Business and the Law Index: Annual.

Benin BJ: Women Business and the Law Index Score: scale 1-100 data was reported at 83.750 NA in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 83.750 NA for 2022. Benin BJ: Women Business and the Law Index Score: scale 1-100 data is updated yearly, averaging 40.000 NA from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 83.750 NA in 2023 and a record low of 28.125 NA in 1972. Benin BJ: Women Business and the Law Index Score: scale 1-100 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Governance: Policy and Institutions. The index measures how laws and regulations affect women’s economic opportunity. Overall scores are calculated by taking the average score of each index (Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets and Pension), with 100 representing the highest possible score.;World Bank: Women, Business and the Law. https://wbl.worldbank.org/;;1. For the reference period, WDI and Gender Databases take the data coverage years instead of reporting years used in WBL (https://wbl.worldbank.org/). For example, the data for YR2020 in WBL (report year) corresponds to data for YR2019 in WDI and Gender Databases. 2. The 2024 Women, Business and the Law (WBL) report has introduced two distinct datasets, labeled as 1.0 and 2.0. The WBL data in the Gender database is based on the dataset 1.0. This dataset maintains consistency with the indicators used in previous WBL reports from 2020 to 2023. In contrast, the WBL 2.0 dataset includes new areas of childcare and safety. For those interested in exploring the WBL 2.0 dataset, it is available on the WBL website at https://wbl.worldbank.org.

Women, Business and the Law Index data was reported at 85.600 Score in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 85.600 Score for 2022. Women, Business and the Law Index data is updated yearly, averaging 58.800 Score from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 85.600 Score in 2023 and a record low of 34.400 Score in 1970. Women, Business and the Law Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WBL: Governance: Women, Business and the Law Index: Annual.