Women's empowerment
Subtitle: measuring the global gender gap
By: Augusto Lopez-Claros, Saadia Zahidi
Contributors: Zahidi, Saadia; World Economic Forum
Publisher: World Economic Forum
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Women; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Women's rights; Political activity; Health and hygiene; Legal status, laws; Sex discrimination
Other titles: Measuring the global gender gap
Description: The report quantifies the size of the gender gap in 58 countries, including all 30 OECD countries and 28 other emerging markets, measuring the extent to which women have achieved full equality with men in five critical areas: economic participation, economic opportunity, political empowerment, educational attainment and health and well-being.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 15, 2005).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-19).

Text and images (PDF format; 28 p.)

Mode of access: World Wide Web.