reciproquement lelimination de toutes formes de discriminations envers les femmes au sein des institutions sociales reduirait la proportion dindividus insatisfaits de a au niveau mondial but what makes us happy does living in a country guaranteeing equal rights and opportunities to women and men increase peoples happiness this paper shows that genderbased discrimination in social institutions measured by the social institutions and gender index sigi impedes wellbeing beyond its negative impact on economic growth and gdp