In the 2014 Fiji general election, 14% of elected parliamentarians were women. This percentage represents the largest proportion of women in Fiji’s parliament since independence in 1970. However, it also shows that Fiji is still a long way from parity and lags well behind the global average of 21.8% of elected parliamentarians being women (as...

This report evaluates how effective Australia has been in achieving gender equality outcomes in economic development programs.

This report examines a range of indicators across five topic areas – health and wellbeing, education and learning, work and financial security, leadership and representation, and safety and access to justice – to evaluate gender equality and gender difference in NSW. In so doing it will provide baseline data for government, business and the community...

This global study measures the gender gap in political, economic, educational and health areas, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups, and over time.

The aim of this paper is to explain why time use data are essential for analyzing issues of gender equity and the intra-household allocation of resources, for comparing living standards and for estimating the behavioural effects of changes in policy variables.