Yesterday, World Bank released its 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. India was mentioned over 300 times in the report, many more times than more developed countries like Spain which was mentioned 48 times, New Zealand which was mentioned 15 times, and  which was mentioned 22 times. School girls from  Nationally, the report found that a woman's income correlated positively with the number of years her children spent in school. There is no gender gap in male/female attendance for the richest 20\% of Indian families, but males outnumber females by a ratio of 5 to 1 for the poorest 20\% of Indian families. Girls in the bottom 20\% on average only finish Grade 1 while males finish Grade 6. By age 15, according to , Indian parents from  prioritize family outcomes for their male children over their female ones. Indian women earn 0.64 for every $1 earned by their male counterparts. They fare better proportionally than their female German counterparts who earn $0.62 and Georgia who earn $0.60. In the developing world, they lag behind Malawi where women earn $0.90 for every $1 earned by men, Egypt where women earn $0.82, and Benin and Mexico at $0.80. A fifth of married Indian women, including those with their own income, do not make decisions on household spending. The 18\% average puts Indian female control of their earnings equal to their counterparts in Mozambique. India is between Nigeria at 14\%, and Zambia and  at 20\%. Female activists from ,  Indian women are having fewer children. The report found that while it took 100 years for the average woman in the United States to go from having six children to having three, it took India only 35 years. Women still have high maternal mortality rates, especially when compared to neighboring Sri Lanka. India's rate is six times as high. Very young females still die at very high rates in India, especially in , because of gender preferences for male children. While according to the report this trend is spreading nationally, the overall number of excess females deaths dropped by 8,000 from 265,000 in 1990 to 257,000 in 2008. In  , the total excess female deaths grew by 202,000. The report cites improved access to and similar technologies as a cause for the very high rates in both India and China because it allows parents to select the sex of their child. The Indian gains highlighted include several local ones. This includes using women's self-help groups focused on in in the state of  . The Self Employed Women’s Association has assisted women in Gujarat by providing childcare. Quotas for women elected in local governments led to changes in underlying beliefs about the effectiveness of women in government. The creation of an all-women's police force in Tamil Nadu led to increased reporting of crimes against women and general comfort in going to the police to report a problem.
Yesterday, World Bank released its 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. India was mentioned over 300 times in the report, many more times than more developed countries like Spain which was mentioned 48 times, New Zealand which was mentioned 15 times, and Canada which was mentioned 22 times. School girls from Mumbai Nationally, the report found that a woman's income correlated positively with the number of years her children spent in school. There is no gender gap in male/female attendance for the richest 20\% of Indian families, but males outnumber females by a ratio of 5 to 1 for the poorest 20\% of Indian families. Girls in the bottom 20\% on average only finish Grade 1 while males finish Grade 6. By age 15, according to , Indian parents from Andhra Pradesh prioritize family outcomes for their male children over their female ones. Indian women earn 0.64 for every $1 earned by their male counterparts. They fare better proportionally than their female German counterparts who earn $0.62 and Georgia who earn $0.60. In the developing world, they lag behind Malawi where women earn $0.90 for every $1 earned by men, Egypt where women earn $0.82, and Benin and Mexico at $0.80. A fifth of married Indian women, including those with their own income, do not make decisions on household spending. The 18\% average puts Indian female control of their earnings equal to their counterparts in Mozambique. India is between Nigeria at 14\%, and Zambia and Rwanda at 20\%. Female activists from , Uttar Pradesh Indian women are having fewer children. The report found that while it took 100 years for the average woman in the United States to go from having six children to having three, it took India only 35 years. Women still have high maternal mortality rates, especially when compared to neighboring Sri Lanka. India's rate is six times as high. Very young females still die at very high rates in India, especially in , because of gender preferences for male children. While according to the report this trend is spreading nationally, the overall number of excess females deaths dropped by 8,000 from 265,000 in 1990 to 257,000 in 2008. In China , the total excess female deaths grew by 202,000. The report cites improved access to and similar technologies as a cause for the very high rates in both India and China because it allows parents to select the sex of their child. The Indian gains highlighted include several local ones. This includes using women's self-help groups focused on in in the state of Orissa . The Self Employed Women’s Association has assisted women in Gujarat by providing childcare. Quotas for women elected in local governments led to changes in underlying beliefs about the effectiveness of women in government. The creation of an all-women's police force in Tamil Nadu led to increased reporting of crimes against women and general comfort in going to the police to report a problem.
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