Turkey continues to fall in gender gap rankings
Turkey continues to fall in gender gap rankings - Turkey is ranked 129th out of a total of 134 countries in terms of dividing its resources and opportunities among its men and women, according to the World Economic Forums Global Gender Gap Report 2009.
Turkey is ranked 129th out of a total of 134 countries in terms of dividing its resources and opportunities among its men and women, according to the World Economic Forums Global Gender Gap Report 2009.
According to the report, published on Tuesday, Turkey, which held 105th place in the 2006 rankings, 121st place in the 2007 rankings and 123rd place in the 2008 rankings, has continued its fall in the rankings for the fourth consecutive year.
The report states that the female adult unemployment level stands at 10.23 percent while this figure is 9.79 percent for males. Turkey ranked 110th in educational attainment equality between women and men, 130th in economic participation equality and 107th in political empowerment equality, out of 134 countries.
Four Nordic countries -- Norway, Iceland, Finland and Sweden -- were at the top of the reports Gender Gap Index once again this year.
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Quoting a Turkish forumer:
"It's a well known fact that most of the boys or girls living in south-eastern Turkey are losing their virginities to horses or dogs of their villages, so I don't think this will suprise any Turk in this forum; we are used to these kinda news..."
