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Moon Ihlwan | Business Week
April 18, 2008
No. 22: Cuba
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Cuba, included for the first time in the Global Gender Gap Report, is the highest ranking country in Latin America thanks in part to a small gap between boys and girls enrollment in primary and secondary education. Other factors in Cuba’s favor include a small gap on women’s and men’s literacy rates, a relatively high percentage of women in Parliament and women in minister-level positions, and a higher percentage of women than men among professional and technical workers. Four countries out of the 15 that have closed the gender gap on education and 17 out of the 35 that have closed it on health are from the Latin America and Caribbean region. Jamaica, which held the 24th position in 2006, fell to 39th, mainly because of a drop in the ratio of overall labor-force participation rates and a widening gap on women’s and men’s estimated earned income.
kerriehalmi
about 1 year ago
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let's do something about the US pathetically low rating...support women!
lolawriter
about 1 year 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
about 1 year ago
136 comments
No surprise that the Scandanavian countries are the leaders here; objectively speaking, their countries have been the most gender-equal for decades now.