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The Global Gender Gap
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Moon Ihlwan | Business Week
April 18, 2008
The Geneva-based World Economic Forum releases the Global Gender Gap Report annually, measuring four major areas of inequality between men and women: economic participation and opportunity, education attainment, political empowerment, and health and survival. As policymakers and business leaders seek to address talent shortages, there’s urgency to close gender gaps and make full use of male and female talents.
The most recent report, released late last year, assesses 128 countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations. To see highlights of the report that captured the magnitude of gender-based disparities across the world in 2007, read on.
kerriehalmi
8 months ago
32 comments
let's do something about the US pathetically low rating...support women!
lolawriter
8 months ago
50 comments
I wish I could say I'm surprised the U.S. ranks rather low given the fact that we're the richest nation in the world, and the one with the most resources that should allow the gender gap to evaporate...
Kylie
8 months ago
138 comments
No surprise that the Scandanavian countries are the leaders here; objectively speaking, their countries have been the most gender-equal for decades now.