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DEFINITION: Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). The GEM measures the participation of women and men in political decision-making. This index also has four indicators: female members of the Legislature, female participation in selected positions in public and private sector, female participation in academic and technical work, and estimated income. Both indexes are based on data collected by the UN and are processed to enable comparison.
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COUNTRY
AMOUNT
DATE
GRAPH
1 NorwayNorway 0.837 2002
2 IcelandIceland 0.833 2002
3 SwedenSweden 0.824 2002
4 DenmarkDenmark 0.821 2002
5 FinlandFinland 0.803 2002
6 NetherlandsNetherlands 0.781 2002
7 CanadaCanada 0.777 2002
=8 GermanyGermany 0.765 2002
=8 New ZealandNew Zealand 0.765 2002
10 AustraliaAustralia 0.759 2002
11 United StatesUnited States 0.757 2002
12 AustriaAustria 0.745 2002
13 SwitzerlandSwitzerland 0.718 2002
14 BelgiumBelgium 0.706 2002
15 SpainSpain 0.702 2002
16 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 0.684 2002
17 IrelandIreland 0.675 2002
Group of 7 countries (G7) averageGroup of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 0.675 2002
High income OECD countries averageHigh income OECD countries average (profile) 0.671 2002
18 BarbadosBarbados 0.658 2002
19 The BahamasThe Bahamas 0.652 2002
Eurozone averageEurozone average (profile) 0.642 2002
20 PortugalPortugal 0.638 2002
European Union averageEuropean Union average (profile) 0.628 2002
NATO countries averageNATO average (profile) 0.62 2002
21 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ 0.611 2002
22 IsraelIsrael 0.596 2002
23 SingaporeSingapore 0.592 2002
24 PolandPoland 0.59 2002
25 SloveniaSlovenia 0.585 2002
26 Costa RicaCosta Rica 0.579 2002
27 EstoniaEstonia 0.568 2002
28 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 0.56 2002
29 SlovakiaSlovakia 0.545 2002
=30 LatviaLatvia 0.539 2002
=30 ItalyItaly 0.539 2002
=32 CroatiaCroatia 0.527 2002
=32 JapanJapan 0.527 2002
34 CyprusCyprus 0.525 2002
35 PhilippinesPhilippines 0.523 2002
36 UruguayUruguay 0.519 2002
37 SurinameSuriname 0.518 2002
38 MexicoMexico 0.517 2002
39 PeruPeru 0.516 2002
40 Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. 0.514 2002
41 GreeceGreece 0.512 2002
42 ColombiaColombia 0.509 2002
43 MalaysiaMalaysia 0.505 2002
44 HungaryHungary 0.5 2002
45 BelizeBelize 0.499 2002
46 EcuadorEcuador 0.484 2002
47 LithuaniaLithuania 0.483 2002
48 PanamaPanama 0.475 2002
49 ChileChile 0.474 2002
50 ThailandThailand 0.458 2002
51 El SalvadorEl Salvador 0.454 2002
=52 RussiaRussia 0.45 2002
=52 BoliviaBolivia 0.45 2002
=52 RomaniaRomania 0.45 2002
55 VenezuelaVenezuela 0.442 2002
56 UkraineUkraine 0.428 2002
57 MauritiusMauritius 0.41 2002
58 ParaguayParaguay 0.408 2002
59 HondurasHonduras 0.405 2002
60 South KoreaSouth Korea 0.378 2002
61 MaldivesMaldives 0.361 2002
62 TurkeyTurkey 0.312 2002
63 Sri LankaSri Lanka 0.274 2002
64 EgyptEgypt 0.26 2002
65 BangladeshBangladesh 0.223 2002

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Interesting observations about People > Gender empowerment

  • Norway ranked first for gender empowerment amongst High income OECD countries in 2002.
  • Sweden ranked first for gender empowerment amongst European Union in 2002.
  • Japan ranked last for gender empowerment amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.
  • Finland ranked first for gender empowerment amongst Eurozone in 2002.
  • Poland ranked first for gender empowerment amongst Emerging markets in 2002.
  • Costa Rica ranked first for gender empowerment amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2002.
  • Iceland ranked second for gender empowerment amongst NATO countries in 2002.
  • All of the top 3 countries by gender empowerment are Christian.
  • All of the top 2 countries by gender empowerment are Sparsely populated.
  • Canada ranked first for gender empowerment amongst English speaking countries in 2002.
  • Austria ranked first for gender empowerment amongst Catholic countries in 2002.

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Dear all gender activists, it looks developmental when women and men join hands to promote the issue of gender empowerment. it does not mean , women are changing to be men!women remain women with a biggest concern and grief to lobby men to understand what they want.we are all human beings with feelings, with red blood regardless of race, religion and gender.

As an activist, I cherish men who participate in taking care of the sick babies, go for antenatal visits with their wives,encourage women upgrading and participation in all spheres of live. It is weird for a man to pretend to be supportive to women in public in the name of protecting their image, it is like is no difference with the killer virus. We as women shall not treat men like second hand citizens, those who dare do it shall be corrected.
Please promote gender empowerment and it starts from "HOME".

Posted on 08 Mar 2011

Agnes Ogou

Agnes Ogou

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We should not have to "empower women to do what we should have been doing along but in our male oriented society would not want anyone to know that women are far superior to her male counterparts would we although I do believe almost every woman knows it and in reality, most males know it too but will not admit that women are superior to the males. Our world will be a lot better off when women are in control. I am sure we will not treat the males like 2nd class citizens as we have been treated.

Posted on 22 Apr 2010

Kathy

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