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The Global Gender Gap
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Moon Ihlwan | Business Week
April 18, 2008
No 31: United States
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The U.S. fell from 23, in 2006, to 31, in 2007. The percentage of female legislators, senior officials, and managers fell from 46% to 42%, and the scores received on wage equality for similar work fell from 0.68 to 0.64. These two decreases were only partially offset by the increase in the ratio of women’s and men’s labor-force participation rates, which grew from 0.82 to 0.86. In contrast, Canada (18) continues to rank well on economic participation and opportunity (13) and educational attainment (26) and performs above average on political empowerment (36) and health and survival (51).
kerriehalmi
about 1 year ago
30 comments
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.