The 21st Century climate challenge

TABLE29HDI rankGender empowerment measure(GEM)RankValueMDGSeats in parliamentheld by women a(% of total)Female legislators,senior officialsand managers b(% of total)Female professionaland technicalworkers b(% of total)Ratio of estimatedfemale to maleearned income c54 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. .. 0.0 .. .. ..55 Tonga .. .. 3.3 .. .. 0.4856 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .. .. 7.7 .. .. 0.3057 Antigua and Barbuda .. .. 13.9 45 55 ..58 Oman 80 0.391 7.8 9 33 0.1959 Trinidad and Tobago 23 0.685 25.4 43 53 0.4660 Romania 68 0.497 10.7 29 57 0.6961 Saudi Arabia 92 0.254 0.0 31 6 0.1662 Panama 49 0.574 16.7 43 51 0.5763 Malaysia 65 0.504 13.1 23 40 0.3664 Belarus .. .. 29.8 .. .. 0.6365 Mauritius 51 0.562 17.1 25 43 0.4166 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. 14.0 .. .. ..67 Russian Federation 71 0.489 8.0 39 65 0.6268 Albania .. .. 7.1 .. .. 0.5469 Macedonia (TFYR) 35 0.625 28.3 29 52 0.4870 Brazil 70 0.490 9.3 34 52 0.58MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT71 Dominica .. .. 12.9 48 55 ..72 Saint Lucia 66 0.502 10.3 g 55 53 0.5173 Kazakhstan 74 0.469 8.6 38 67 0.6374 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 56 0.542 18.6 27 d 61 d 0.5375 Colombia 69 0.496 9.7 38 d 50 d 0.6376 Ukraine 75 0.462 8.7 38 64 0.5577 Samoa .. .. 6.1 .. .. 0.3878 Thailand 73 0.472 8.7 29 54 0.6279 Dominican Republic 53 0.559 17.1 32 51 0.4380 Belize 62 0.517 11.9 41 50 0.4081 China 57 0.534 20.3 17 52 0.6482 Grenada .. .. 28.6 .. .. ..83 Armenia .. .. 9.2 .. .. 0.6384 Turkey 90 0.298 4.4 7 32 0.3585 Suriname .. .. 25.5 .. .. 0.4086 Jordan .. .. 7.9 .. .. 0.3187 Peru 32 0.636 29.2 34 46 0.5588 Lebanon .. .. 4.7 .. .. 0.3189 Ecuador 43 0.600 25.0 35 48 0.5690 Philippines 45 0.590 22.1 58 61 0.6191 Tunisia .. .. 19.3 .. .. 0.2992 Fiji .. .. .. h .. .. 0.4893 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. .. 18.2 .. .. 0.5194 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 87 0.347 4.1 16 34 0.3995 Paraguay 78 0.428 9.6 23 54 d 0.3496 Georgia 79 0.414 9.4 26 62 0.3397 Guyana .. .. 29.0 .. .. 0.4198 Azerbaijan .. .. 11.3 .. .. 0.6599 Sri Lanka 85 0.369 4.9 21 46 0.41100 Maldives 76 0.437 12.0 15 40 0.50101 Jamaica .. .. 13.6 .. .. 0.56102 Cape Verde .. .. 15.3 .. .. 0.35103 El Salvador 58 0.529 16.7 33 45 0.40104 Algeria .. .. 6.2 .. 32 0.34105 Viet Nam 52 0.561 25.8 22 51 0.70106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. .. .. 11 35 ..Human development indicatorsHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008 331