DER SPIEGEL: Norway Best for Women, Yemen Worst: Survey Reveals Global Gender GapPosted by Betsey Merkel. |
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Compiled on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 06:33 PM CET
Norway Best for Women, Yemen Worst: Survey Reveals Global Gender Gap
Norway is the country with the narrowest gender gap in the world, while
Yemen has the widest. A new global survey of equality between the sexes
reveals that despite near equal access to education and health care,
women are still way behind when it comes to political and economic
decision-making.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,589955,00.html
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