 The World Economic Forum through its Women Leaders Programme is committed to promoting women's leadership and the issues affecting women's lives globally. The mission of the programme is to promote discussion and targeted action on the status of women across the world and across sectors by engaging business leaders, policy-makers and representatives of civil society organizations and by monitoring progress through new benchmarking tools that measure the global gender gap. Additionally, the Women Leaders Programme strives to increase the participation of women in Forum activities by ensuring their involvement as members in Forum communities and inviting women leaders to be active contributors to the global dialogue.
The Global Gender Gap Report 2007
 Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Iceland (4) once again top the rankings in the latest Global Gender Gap Report. All countries in the top 20 made progress relative to their scores last year – some more so than others. Latvia (13) and Lithuania (14) made the biggest advances among the top 20, gaining six and seven places respectively, driven by smaller gender gaps in labour force participation and wages. The Report covers a total of 128 countries, representing over 90% of the world’s population.
Click on the links in the right hand column to learn more about the Report; the rankings (PDF I Excel); country profiles; photos and the press release.
View interviews of the Report co-authors:
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Ricardo Hausmann
Director, Centre for International Development, Harvard University
November 2007 -
2min 57sec
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The Report 2007 was supported by Women Leaders Programme Partners:
Carlson Companies
Ernst & Young
Goldman Sachs
Manpower
McKinsey & Company
Nike
NYSE Euronext
For more, visit www.weforum.org/gendergap
Mentorship Programme
Recognizing the value of role models and mentorship in enhancing leadership skills, particularly for young women, the World Economic Forum is fostering closer ties between upcoming and established women leaders through a Mentorship Programme. The community of Women Leaders interacts with the new Forum of Young Global Leaders at the Annual Meeting, regional events and throughout the year to create mentorship and networking opportunities. The aim is to work towards creating a future business and political environment in which women’s leadership is seen as crucial to addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
Contact Information
For further information, please contact womenleaders@weforum.org.
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