Introduction of the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI) and its two components, the Gender Status Index (GSI) and the African Women's Progress Scoreboard (AWPS).
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Wieringa, Saskia
Women's empowerment in Japan
Creator
Wieringa, Saskia
Women's empowerment in Japan
Paper presented at the First Global Forum on Human Development, sponsored by the Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Programme, New York, 29-31 July 1999. The author discusses the Gender Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) and summarizes some points of critique on the way they are constructed. She presents the Gender Equality Index (GEI) and analyzes gender (in)equality in Japan.