The World Economic Forum recently released its Global Gender Gap Report for 2010, authored by Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard University), Laura Tyson (UC Berkeley), and Saadia Zahidi (World Economic Forum). The report ranks countries according to concrete measures of gender inequality. They write:
The Global Gender Gap Index… is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education – and healthbased criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups, and over time.
You can read about their methods, in depth, in the Report.
Here are the rankings:
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tree — November 13, 2010
i feel ridiculous having to ask this, but -- is the list in reverse order? i.e. am i correct in assuming that iceland has the least disparity?
MJS — November 13, 2010
Wow! We're vastly better than France at something liberal for once! USA! USA! USA! USA!
Sarah — November 13, 2010
I'm not surprised that I'm not surprised that the United States rates below Latvia, Lesotho in gender equity.
Anonymous — November 13, 2010
South Africa is at number twelve? That strikes me as odd given the HUGE problems they have with rape there. Anyone have any explanation for this?
Merely Academic — November 14, 2010
I am deeply, deeply embarrassed that Canada is BELOW the US. Because, I mean, USA, not exactly synonymous with social justice ... I blame our current PM.
Inny — November 14, 2010
Aah the Scandinavian countries...If I could combine their best qualities it would be pure bliss for me to live there. LOTS of vacation days, very good and lots of free healthcare, rated as the happiest people on earth again this year and atheism far outweighs religion ...And now this?? *deams on*.
I'm surprised that the Netherlands score below Sri Lanka, South Africa and the Philippines. My ideas about gender equality have been placed in a better perspective by this.
Jonathan — November 14, 2010
Has anyone else noticed how well Cuba always ranks on these standard-of-living measures? They're consistently in the top ranks for Latin America, and usually within one or two places of the US. All this while having a major embargo against it for decades and the added burden of being an island nation. Whatever you might think of Cuba, that's impressive.
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