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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on marital status?

The term “marital status” includes references to ‘civil status’, ‘married’, ‘relationship status’, ‘personal status,” or whether employees have a husband or wife.

Because caregiving discrimination disproportionately affects women and can begin with the assumption that married women will have children, this variable also includes gendered terminology that reference’s women’s marital status alone.

No means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of marital status broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, promotions and/or demotions, training, pay, nor terminations.

Yes means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of marital status.

Countries

United Arab Emirates - No

Afghanistan - No

Antigua and Barbuda - No

Bangladesh - No

Benin - No

Central African Republic - No

Republic of the Congo - No

Cote d'Ivoire - No

Cuba - No

Cabo Verde - No

Dominican Republic - No

Egypt - No

Micronesia, Federated States of - No

Gabon - No

Ghana - No

Equatorial Guinea - No

Guinea-Bissau - No

India - No

Iraq - No

Iran - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

Kazakhstan - No

Libya - No

Madagascar - No

Mali - No

Mauritania - No

Nepal - No

Nauru - No

Oman - No

Papua New Guinea - No

Palau - No

Russian Federation - No

Saudi Arabia - No

Solomon Islands - No

Seychelles - No

Sudan - No

San Marino - No

Chad - No

Togo - No

Turkmenistan - No

Tonga - No

Yemen - No

Angola - Yes

Argentina - Yes

Australia - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Bhutan - Yes

Belize - Yes

Canada - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Switzerland - Yes

Chile - Yes

China - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Czech Republic - Yes

Spain - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

The Gambia - Yes

Greece - Yes

Guatemala - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Haiti - Yes

Indonesia - Yes

Israel - Yes

Italy - Yes

Japan - Yes

Kenya - Yes

Kyrgyzstan - Yes

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes

Republic of Korea - Yes

Kuwait - Yes

Laos - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Liechtenstein - Yes

Lithuania - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Marshall Islands - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Malta - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Malawi - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

Niger - Yes

Nicaragua - Yes

The Netherlands - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Peru - Yes

The Philippines - Yes

Qatar - Yes

Serbia - Yes

Sierra Leone - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Syria - Yes

Tajikistan - Yes

Timor-Leste - Yes

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

Uganda - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Uzbekistan - Yes

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Yes

Venezuela - Yes

Samoa - Yes

South Africa - Yes

Zambia - Yes