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The Global Gender Gap Report 2007
Published by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with faculty at Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley
Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University
Laura D. Tyson, University of California, Berkeley
Saadia Zahidi, World Economic Forum
Available online as PDF file [173p.] at:
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/report2007.pdf
"……Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Iceland (4) once again top the rankings in the latest Global Gender Gap Report. All countries in the top 20 made progress relative to their scores last year – some more so than others. Latvia (13) and Lithuania (14) made the biggest advances among the top 20, gaining six and seven places respectively, driven by smaller gender gaps in labour force participation and wages. The Report covers a total of 128 countries, representing over 90% of the world's population…."
The Global Gender Gap Report 2007 is based on the innovative new methodology introduced last year and includes detailed profiles that provide insight into the economic, legal and social aspects of the gender gap in each country. The Report measures the size of the gender gap in four critical areas of inequality between men and women: 1) Economic participation and opportunity – outcomes on salaries, participation levels and access to high-skilled employment 2) Educational attainment – outcomes on access to basic and higher level education 3) Political empowerment – outcomes on representation in decision-making structures 4) Health and survival – outcomes on life expectancy and sex ratio
The rankings (PDF <http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/rankings2007.pdf> I Excel <http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/rankings2007.xls>\);
Country profiles <http://www.weforum.org/gendergap/countries2007>;
photos<http://www.pbase.com/forumweb/gendergap>
and the press release<http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/Global_Gender_Gap_2007>
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Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
mailto:ruglucia@paho.org