- Ethiopia's Gender Gap Widens in 2008
Ethiopia's Gender Gap Widens in 2008
FOX News - Nov 15, 2008 - Nordic countries again topped this year's scorecard measuring equality between women and men in 130 countries.
The gap between men and women was widest in Yemen, with Chad, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Benin, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Ethiopia and Bahrain near the bottom of the list.
The report released this week at a press conference by the Swiss-based World Economic Forum again found that no country closed the gap between men and women when it comes to economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment, and health and survival.
Woyane's Ethiopia ranking dropped by 2 rankings from 2007 to 2008 to 122nd. Ethiopia has the second widest gender gap in the sub-Saharan Africa - Chad has the first widest gap. Read More.
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