Table of Contents 1 The Gender Index – Gender Inequality in Israel 1.1 The Gender Index Structure 1.2 Methodology 1.3 Results 2 The results of the Gender index in Israel 2004-2011 3 Rates of Change in each Year Compared to the Previous Year 4 References The Gender Index – Gender Inequality in Israel The Gender Index […]

Variable Description The disadvantages facing women and girls are a major source of inequality. All too often, women and girls are discriminated against in health, education and the labour market — with negative repercussions for their freedoms. The UNDP introduces a new measure of these inequalities built on the same framework as the and the […]

The UNECE Gender Statistics database presents sex-disaggregated social data. It provides country profiles on gender aspect for population, family and households, work and economy, education, public life and decision making, health, crime and violence. Most of the available data have been supplied by National Statistical Offices through the network of Gender Statistics Focal Points. Recent […]

“By and large the attitude of a man towards his wife is possibly worse than his attitude towards his buffalo.” Colin Gonzalves, Human Rights Lawyer The World Economic Forum and the Global Gender Gap Index The World Economic Forum, in a report titled the 2009, has quantified the magnitude of gender-based disparity in 134 countries. […]