(Video) Global Gender Gap Report 2010 – Saadia Zahidi – World Economic Forum

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“Apparently Nordic countries provide the greatest equality for women when it comes to economics, educaton, politics and health. Equal pay, labour force participation rates, literacy rates, enrolment in tertiary education, female representation in parliament, life expectancy and sex ratios at birth are most equal in Norway, Finland and Sweden…Female empowerment is embraced more today than any other time in world history. And in the global push for gender equality in everything from business to politics, education to health, it’s Europe that has made the greatest strides to close the so-called gender gap”  http://www.internationalwomensday.com

Saadia Zahidi, Director, Head of Constituents, World Economic Forum discusses the results of the Global Gender Gap Report 2010. http://www.weforum.org 12.10.2010

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“Among those not filling the extra slot is Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank AG, which has an all-male group executive committee.”

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