so while this study does provide an overview of how gender inequality has changed since the early th century it does have limitations table the geographic coverage is also a challenge since historical data on gender equality is scarce for countries outside of western europe and a handful of other large countries furthermore only an overview can be given for institutions related to gender equality in terms of inheritance and voting rights it is therefore not possible to capture many other aspects that matter for gender equality such as violence against women or freedom of movement as the oecd branisa et al