oneworldtalk

This was posted by Meddy yesterday is is worth repeating in this FORUM for the benefit of those seeking information on surveys and polls.

Nordic countries have been rated best in narrowing the gap between genders according to the World Economic Forum.

The WEF report measures the "gender gap" in four critical areas of inequality between the sexes - economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment, and health and survival.

1. Norway
2. Finland
3. Sweden
4. Iceland
5. New Zealand
6. Philippines (main reason being there are many women in parliament)
7. Canada
9. Netherlands
11. Germany
12. Sri Lanka
13. United Kingdom
14. Switzerland
15. France
17. Spain
10. Australia
20. Modovia
21. Australia
22. South Africa
27. USA (an improvement from 31st position last year)
31. Canada (falls 13 places this year and ranks behind the United States for the first time)
40. Mongolia
42. Russian Federation (gains 4 spots)
56. Israel
57. China (climbed 17 places up from previous year)
67. Italy
68. Vietnam
69. Czech Republic
75. Greece
82. Georgia
84. Singapore
93. Indonesia
96. Malaysia
98. Japan
104. Jordan
105. UAE
108. Korea
113. India
116. Iran
127. Pakistan
128. Saudi Arabia

The study covers 92 percent of the world's population.

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/g ... /index.htm

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/report2008.pdf

http://www.business-standard.com/india/ ... 03/340624/