{"id":1272,"date":"2007-10-20T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-20T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/2007\/10\/gender-equity-index-gei-2007\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T19:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:47:47","slug":"gender-equity-index-gei-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/2007\/10\/gender-equity-index-gei-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/brochure_GEI07_eng-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/brochure_GEI07_eng-2.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/brochure_GEI07_eng-2-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/brochure_GEI07_eng-2-1024x363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/brochure_GEI07_eng-2-768x272.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/brochure_GEI07_eng-2-1536x545.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9357\">Social Watch Gender Equity Index<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9358\">GEI values in 2007<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9359\">Recent GEI trends (2004-2007)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9362\">GEI average values by region<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9363\">GEI average values in relation to country income levels<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9364\">GEI dimension values: the 10 most equitable countries<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9365\">GEI dimension values: the 10 least equitable countries<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9366\">GEI percentage variation by geographical region (2004-2007)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9367\">GEI percentage variation by income group (2004-2007)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9368\">The 10 countries with the greatest GEI regression<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9369\">The 10 countries with the greatest GEI progress<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9370\">DOWNLOAD GEI2007 DOC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9372\">Key measures and areas of action<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9371\">RWANDA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9373\">Gender Equity Index - Progress and Regression<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9360\">Countries with the best GEI performance, 2007<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9361\">Countries with the worst GEI performance, 2007<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9356\">Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2007 - FLASH VERSION<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/IEG_2007_eng\/images\/tit_inequityPersists.gif\" alt=\"\"><br>The results of the 2007<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9357\">&nbsp;Social Watch Gender Equity Index<\/a>&nbsp;(GEI) clearly demonstrate that a country\u2019s level of wealth does not automatically determine its degree of equity.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9371\">Rwanda<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s least developed countries, ranks third on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9358\">&nbsp;list of GEI scores<\/a>, after Sweden and Finland, thanks to intensive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9372\">affirmative action efforts<\/a>. In the meantime, a number of high-income countries rank&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9361\">far down on the list<\/a>. The evolution of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9359\">GEI between 2004 and 2007<\/a>&nbsp;reveals a few global advances, but the general trend seen throughout the world is either very slow progress or no progress at all. The United States, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9367\">high-income country<\/a>, is one of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9368\">10 countries that have experienced the greatest regression<\/a>. Obviously, the key to gender equity lies not in a country\u2019s economic power, but rather in its government\u2019s political will.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" usemap=\"#Map3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/IEG_2007_eng\/images\/mapaGral_ch.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"139\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9373\">More GEI 2007<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9358\">Gender Equity Index 2007<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9359\">Recent GEI trends (2004-2007)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The Gender Equity Index (GEI) has been developed by the Social Watch Research Team to measure inequities in different areas of women's and men's everyday lives around the world.The 2007 GEI ranks 154 countries by measuring women's relative economic activity, education and empowerment. This year's GEI report additionally focuses on progress or regression in achieving gender equity over the 2004-2007 period. The relevant data have also been analyzed regionally.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<strong>FOR THE PRESS<\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/IEG_2007_eng\/PressRelease_GEI.doc\">Download Press Release<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Contacts\/Spokespeople:<\/strong><br><br><strong>Roberto Bissio<\/strong><br>Social Watch Coordinator<br>Mobile: +33 6 89 50 79 46<br>E-mail:<a href=\"mailto:item@item.org.uy\">&nbsp;item@item.org.uy<\/a><br><br><strong>E<\/strong><strong>mily Joy Sikazwe<\/strong><br>Social Watch Coordinating Committee Member<br>Mobile: +260 9777 0886<br>E-mail:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:emily_sikazwe@yahoo.com\">emily_sikazwe@yahoo.com<\/a><br><br><strong>Genoveva Tisheva<\/strong><br>Social Watch Coordinating Committee Member<br>Phone: +3592 9635357<br>In NY: +1 212 755 3000<br>E-mail:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gtisheva@yahoo.com\">gtisheva@yahoo.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of contents The results of the 2007&nbsp;Social Watch Gender Equity Index&nbsp;(GEI) clearly demonstrate that a country\u2019s level of wealth does not automatically determine its degree of equity.&nbsp;Rwanda, one of the world\u2019s least developed countries, ranks third on the&nbsp;list of GEI scores, after Sweden and Finland, thanks to intensive&nbsp;affirmative action efforts. 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