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- WBL: Legal Framework, Safety, The law addresses sexual harassment
WBL: Legal Framework, Safety, The law addresses sexual harassment
The indicator assesses whether there law addresses the following: (1) sexual harassment in employment with criminal penalties or civil remedies; (2) sexual harassment in education/schools with criminal penalties or civil remedies; (3) sexual harassment in public places (or on transportation) with criminal penalties or civil remedies; (4) cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking with criminal penalties or civil remedies. Partial score of 0.25 is assigned to each of the four underlying components realized. The total indicator score is the sum of component scores, capped at 1. For details, please refer to the WBL Methodology Handbook (link: https://wbl.worldbank.org/content/dam/sites/wbl/documents/2026/WBL-Methodology-Handbook-2026-FINAL.pdf)