Measuring Gender Equality GID-DB The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base.
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Chile: M. Bachelet
Finland: T. Halonen
Germany: A. Merkel
Liberia: E. Johnson Sirleaf
Out of 193 heads of states worldwide, only 23 are women.
Gender equality has many dimensions…
Political Empowerment
EducationalAttainment
Health and Wellbeing
SocialInstitutions
Economic Participation
…and also involves social institutions
Our Mission:
161 countries: all regions, all income groups
Over 60 indicators: education, health, employment, political empowerment and more...
Measures of intra-household behaviour and social norms
Provide a comprehensive data collection covering all dimensions of gender equality
12 Innovative New Indicators
Social Institutions Variables
• Early marriage
• Polygamy
• Parental authority
• Inheritance
• Freedom ofmovement
• Obligation to wear a veil in public
• Female genital mutilation
• Violence against women
• Missing women
• Access to land
• Access to bankloans
• Access toproperty
Ownership RightsCivil LibertiesPhysical IntegrityFamily Code
Gender inequality in social institutions
Elevated discrimination in social institutionsModerate discrimination in social institutions
High discrimination in social institutions
Low discrimination in social institutions
Country not included