The World Economic Forum has just released its annual Global Gender Gap Report 2007 (read the report here), in which India has ranked shamefully low. While it fared remarkably well in measures of women’s political representation, the indicators for women’s economic participation were its downfall.
While indicators may be slightly problematic in their own right, they offer crucial insights into the situation of women across the world. Suprisingly, the Philippines, also a developing country, ranked 6th overall. See this article for a breakdown of India’s position in relation to other countries.
