TASHKENT, September 13. /IA "Dunyo"/. Yesterday, at the regular meeting of the Kengash of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, chaired by Tanzila Narbayeva, measures were determined to improve the position of our country in the World Bank Index "Women, Business and Law," reports a correspondent of the "Dunyo" information agency.

According to the press service of the upper house of Parliament, at a meeting of the Senate Kengash it was noted that the World Bank Index "Women, Business and Law" is included in the list of international ratings and indices that are priorities for Uzbekistan, and the State Government is identified as responsible for improving the position of our country in the Index Committee on Family and Women's Affairs, as well as the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations (now the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction, as well as the Committee on Family and Women under it).

According to the results of the 2021 Index, our country for the first time became one of 27 states that have implemented significant reforms in the field of women’s rights and gender equality, and with a score of 70.6 points, it rose by 5 positions and took 134th place among 190 countries (139th place in 2019). However, over the past two years this figure has not changed.

Heard information from the Committee on Family and Women under the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction, as well as the ministry itself on the ongoing work to improve Uzbekistan’s position in the Index.

It was noted that according to the most key performance indicators (KPIs) for Uzbekistan within the framework of priority international ratings in the Index, it was determined that our country should have scored 73.7 points in 2021 and 88.1 in 2022, but these indicators were not achieved.

During the meeting, measures were identified to improve our country’s performance on structural indicators, which are regularly rated low within the Index.

Thus, measures were approved in the areas of developing international cooperation in working with the Index, including interaction with international organizations and local experts involved in the preparation of the report, as well as improving national legislation.