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The Burkina Faso Gender, Institutions and Development Database (Burkina Faso-GID) provides researchers and policymakers with key data at the national and subnational levels on gender-based discrimination in social institutions. This data helps analyse women’s empowerment and understand gender gaps in other key areas of development. Covering the 13 regions of the country, the Burkina Faso-GID contains comprehensive information on social norms, attitudes and both perceived and actual practices that discriminate against women and girls.

The Burkina Faso-SIGI is a composite indicator measuring discriminatory social institutions. It is built on 46 innovative variables which are grouped into 5 sub-indices: discrimination in the family, restricted physical and moral integrity, son preference, restricted access to resources and assets and restricted civil liberties. The Burkina Faso-SIGI and its sub-indices range from 0, for no discrimination, to 1, for very high discrimination.

The GID-DB is a database providing researchers and policymakers with key data on gender-based discrimination in social institutions. This data helps analyse women’s empowerment and understand gender gaps in other key areas of development.Covering 180 countries and territories, the GID-DB contains comprehensive information on legal, cultural and traditional practices that discriminate against women and girls.

The SIGI is built on 27 innovative variables measuring discriminatory social institutions, which are grouped into 4 dimensions: discrimination in the family, restricted physical integrity, restricted access to productive and financial resources, and restricted civil liberties.Lower values indicate lower levels of discrimination in social institutions: the SIGI ranges from 0% for no discrimination to 100% for very high discrimination.