UNIFEM Chpt. 3 – gives a lot of comparative data on women in various countries/regions of the world

Box 2 describes different kind of indicators

 
Women in Comparative Societies – Comparative Data, Women in Developed Countries, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa

?Female Share of the Total
50% = gender equality
 

e.g. Women’s share of Parliament Seats
(www.ipu.org and Table 3.3)
 

OSCE countries average = 17.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa average = 13.6%
Arab States average = 5.0%
 
Women in Comparative Societies – Comparative Data, Women in Developed Countries, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa

?Female Characteristic as Percentage of Male Characteristic
100% = gender equality
 

e.g. Ratio between Girls’ and Boys’ School Enrollment (Chart 3.1, p.68)
 

W Europe/Devel’d Countries – 100.6
Eastern Europe – 101.8
Sub-Saharan Africa – 72.5

 
Women in Comparative Societies – Comparative Data, Women in Developed Countries, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa

?difference between female characteristic and male characteristic

0 = gender equality

e.g. average number of hours women spend on housework minus average number of hours men spend on it

 
Women in Comparative Societies – Comparative Data, Women in Developed Countries, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa
 

?Sex specific indicators – experienced by only one sex
e.g. maternal mortality

?gender gaps in absolute terms.
e.g. women’s average real earnings vs. men’s average real earnings.