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Global Gender Gap Report

Will Malala's Heroism Turn The Tide For Women And Girls?

Christine Horansky | Posted 12.26.2012 | Impact
Read More: South Asia, Youth, Global Education, Girls' Education, Pakistan, United Nations, School Violence, I Am Malala, Global Shapers, Gordon Brown, Afganistan, Gender Equality, Malala Yousafzai, Millennium Development Goals, Women and Girls, Schools, Global Gender Gap Report, Brookings Institution, World Economic Forum, Impact News
Christine Horansky

Malala's bravery has put a human face to the struggles and aspirations of young women who live in difficult, dangerous parts of the world where they must face down overwhelming odds every day.

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LOOK: The Best (And Worst) Countries For Women

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2012 | Women
Read More: Best Country for Women, Global Gender Gap Report 2012, Video, Global Gender Gap, Global Gender Gap Rankings, Worst Countries for Women, Best Countries for Women, Worst Country for Women, Global Gender Gap Index, Global Gender Gap 2012, Global Gender Gap Report, Womens-Health, Women News

Gender equality has been more of a national focus than usual in the United States over the past few months, thanks to the 2012 presidential election. ...

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The Real War On Women

Foreign Policy | Mona Eltahawy | Posted 04.23.2012 | World
Read More: Alifa Rifaat, Arab Spring, War on Women, Gender Discrimination, Middle East, Sexism, Discrimination, Global Gender Gap Report, World News

In "Distant View of a Minaret," the late and much-neglected Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat begins her short story with a woman so unmoved by sex with he...

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The #1 Country To Be A Woman Of (Slightly More) Leisure

The Huffington Post | Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 05.05.2012 | Women
Read More: Best Country for Women, Women's Rights, Gender Gap, Second Shift, Household Chores, Best Place to Live as a Woman, 2011 Global Gender Gap Report, Unpaid Labor, Global Gender Gap Report, Slidepollajax, Women News

We already knew from the World Economic Forum's 2011 Global Gender Gap Report that, according to criteria like health, economic and educational partic...

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The Hillary Effect

Christine Horansky | Posted 03.06.2012 | Women
Read More: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Global Gender Gap Report, Magician King, The Hillary Effect, Women's Progress, Hillary Clinton, Seven Sisters, Women in Public Service, Pleiades, Women News
Christine Horansky

When women are not present at the decision-making tables of government, business and civil society, half of the population goes missing from a country's future.

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The #1 Best Place To Be A Woman

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 01.01.2012 | Women
Read More: Women's Equality, Worst Countries for Women, Global Gender Gap Rankings 2011, Workplace Equality, Best Countries for Women, Wage Gap by Country, Global Gender Gap Report, Women News

If you've been itching to take a sabbatical overseas, now may be the time to up and move to Iceland. That's right, friends: That not-actually-so-icy i...

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What's the Difference?

Beth A. Brooke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Booz and Company, India, Women, Ernst and Young, 100 Strategic Partners, Women CEOs, Davos, Global Gender Gap Report, Wef, Davos 2011, World Economic Forum, China, Business News
Beth A. Brooke

A new policy requires the Forum's 100 Strategic Partners to select at least one female executive among the five delegates they send to Davos. No doubt, these women are making the most of it.

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The Best Place to Be a Woman: World Economic Forum Measures the Global Gender Gap

Anushay Hossain | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Gender Gap, Saadia Zahidi, Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum, World News
Anushay Hossain

I had the opportunity to speak with Saadia Zahidi, Head of the World Economic Forum's Women Leaders and Gender Parity Program, and also one of the authors of the annual Global Gender Gap Report.

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Top Countries For Gender Equality: 2010 Gender Gap Report (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Women's Rights, Professional Women, Iceland, Gender Equality, Women in the Workplace, Global Gender Gap Report, Women Professionals, Slidepollajax, World Economic Forum, World News

Employees who find themselves faced with gender bias in the workplace might contemplate a move to Scandinavia -- home to four of the countries which d...

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31 Reasons to Mind the Gender Gap

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Girls, Leadership, Politics, Women, Gender Gap, Education, Empowerment, Women and Politics, United States, Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum, Saadia Zahidi, Laura Tyson, Ricardo Hausmann, Cherie Blair, Women's Funding Network, World News
Susan Sawyers

When it comes to the gender gap, the United States is in a bad spot. Out of 134 countries, our democratic nation comes in 31st place.

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Why Women Are The Real Architects Of Peace

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dalai Lama, Maria Shriver's Women's Conference, Living News, Featured Contributor, Department of Peace, Dr. Judith Rich, Peace Alliance, Global Peace Index, President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, Maria Shriver, Vision for Humanity, Huffington Post, Global Gender Gap Report, Paul Kagame, Video, Healthy Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

Want to really make strides and advance another cause at the same time? Appoint a female as our peacemaker-in-chief! It surely is a job cut out for a woman.

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How the Capital Market Failures and the Inability to Achieve Gender Equity are the Same

Laura Liswood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Laura Liswood, Saadia Zahidi, Women's Leadership, Iris Bohnet, Gender Inequity, Risk Management, Risk Modeling, Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum, Women, Women's Issues, Economy, Gender Issues, Gender, Business News
Laura Liswood

My experience in both the financial world and the field of women's leadership allows me to recognize that both market failures and gender inequality stem from the same combination of elements.

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