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MikeThe World Economic Forum today published the new Global Gender Gap Report. It purports to assess countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources and opportunities. It bases the rankings on economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political entitlement. Here is the report. A figure of 1.0 would indicate complete equality. Iceland has the top score of 0.8276 and Yemen is ranked last in position 134 with a score of 0.4609. Some of the interesting rankings are: South Africa (6), Philippines (9), Lesotho (10), United Kingdom (15), United States (31), China (60), Japan (75), Brazil (82), India (114).
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[...] Turkey’s Lack of Gender Equality Posted on October 28, 2009 by Mike Yesterday’s World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report ranked Turkey 129th out of 134 in women’s equality. The only countries ranked lower were [...]