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OECD - ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC
CO-OPERATION & DEVELOPMENT
For
more than 40 years, the OECD has been one of the world's largest and most
reliable sources of comparable statistics,
and economic and social data.
OECD - GENDER
Women often excel at school and
generally have longer life expectancy. But men frequently earn more and are
more likely to hold positions of power in political and economic life. The OECD
looks at the implications of such inequalities for economic development and
what can be done to develop policies for parity. Barriers that prevent women
from working or getting the training and education that they need to be more
productive impose a cost on society as well as the individual.
Find out
more about our work
on gender.
Brochure
about women and men in OECD countries
Indicators are a first step in developing better policies for women and men:
the next stage is to understand why differences occur and what we can do about
them. This brochure describes OECD projects to help countries improve their
gender policies.
ICTs (Information and
Communication Technology) and gender (April 2007)
This document provides an overview of the gender distribution of ICT and
ICT-related employment in OECD countries, and ICT employment patterns are
contrasted with overall employment to highlight how different ICT employment
patterns are. The document then focuses on participation in ICT-related
education and training, and differences in ICT access and use by gender.
Gender,
Institutions and Development Database
Based on data from 161 countries, OECD researchers have developed an index on
the position of women in societies, taking account both of fundamental rights
of personal integrity and the legal position of women when it comes to
marriage, divorce, the upbringing of children and property rights.
Gender
differences in educational qualification rates are shifting in favour of women
Young women are studying longer than men in a growing number of OECD countries,
according to data in the 2006 edition of Education
at a Glance. Of those where men still study longer, only
Switzerland and Turkey register differences of more than six months.
Family-friendly
policies can help to boost employment levels, OECD study finds
Factors that help to boost employment include macroeconomic stability and strong
product market competition. But family-friendly policies such as support for
child-care are also important, especially when it comes to getting women into
paying jobs.
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