This week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its 2012 report analyzing gender inequality throughout the world, The Global Gender Gap Report 2012.
The report highlighted the changing nature of gender relations throughout some of the world's most diverse countries. But primarily, it featured the latest update of the Global Gender Gap Index
Introduced by the WEF in 2006, the index is a "framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress." The ranking metric is made up of four sub-categories: economic, political, education and health-based criteria.
Each of the 135 countries analyzed received a sub-score in all of the four categories on a 0-1 scale, and then an overall score based on the four sub-scores.
23. Mozambique
Overall score: 0.7350
Economic and participation opportunity score: 0.7988
Educational attainment score: 0.8267
Health and survival score: 0.9612
Political empowerment score: 0.3533
Source: World Economic Forum
22. United States of America
Overall score: 0.7373
Economic and participation opportunity score: 0.8143
Educational attainment score: 1.0000
Health and survival score: 0.9792
Political empowerment score: 0.1557
Source: World Economic Forum
21. Canada
Overall score: 0.7381
Economic and participation opportunity score: 0.7877
Educational attainment score: 0.9909
Health and survival score: 0.9780
Political empowerment score: 0.1959
Source: World Economic Forum
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