Gender Gap Index

Yemen: An Alternative Approach to the Challenges Posed by Fragile States

Laura Liswood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Liswood

Yemen remains the only country in the world to have closed less than 50% of the gender gap, a figure which is deteriorating further each year.

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Changing the World by Changing the Gender Gap

Leslie Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leslie Grossman

There was good news and bad news in the Gender Gap Index. The good news is that the health and education gaps are being closed. The bad news is that the economic and political gaps are not.

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