The Global Gender Gap Report 2006
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Thursday 15 February 2007
How do countries measure up in comparison to one another when it comes to addressing the gap between men and women in terms of economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. With data from 115 countries, and using a new methodology based on relative measures of empowerment to capture the size of the gap, the Gender Gap report provides a comprehensive guide to he current global situation.

The country comparisons serve a dual purpose: as a benchmark to identify existing strengths and weaknesses; and as a useful guide for policy, based on learning from the experiences of those countries that have had greater success in promoting the equality of women and men. Country Profiles in Part II of this Report provide an overview of the national gender related environment in each country.

Some of the report’s findings are:

- no country in the world has yet managed to eliminate the gender gap
- Those that have succeeded best in narrowing the gap are the Nordic countries, with Sweden standing out as the most advanced in the world, having closed over 80% of its gender gap, followed closely by Norway (2), Finland (3), Iceland (4) and Denmark (8). Germany (5), United Kingdom (9) and Ireland (10)
- the Philippines is the only Asian country in the top ten while South Africa holds the highest position among African countries

For more information and to download the full text, please go to Eldis Website

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