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No3, January 2000
WomenAction 2000

 

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Table 6: Europe: Women Assessing Progress

 

COUNTRIES

Has National Plan of Action

Has Ratified the Optional Protocol

HDI Rank*

GDI Rank*

GEM Rank*

Has Discriminatory Laws in the Following Areas (Source: Equality Now)

A
N
D

D
E
M
A
N
D
I
N
G

A
C
C
O
U
N
T
A
B
I
L
I
T
Y

1995

1999

1995

1999

1995

1999

Malta

 

 

34

32

 

32

71

 

 

Monaco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PERSONAL

Netherlands

Yes

Yes

4

8

20

9

7

10

 

Norway

Yes

Yes

7

2

7

2

2

1

 

Poland

Yes

 

51

44

22

40

32

35

MARITAL

Portugal

Yes

 

36

28

25

28

30

19

 

Republic of Moldova

Yes

 

81

104

 

86

 

 

 

Romania

Yes

 

98

68

 

59

60

 

 

Russian Federation

Yes

 

52

71

29

61

 

67

 

San Marino

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slovakia

Yes

 

40

42

16

39

 

34

 

Slovenia

 

Yes

 

33

 

31

 

42

 

Spain

Yes

 

9

21

34

21

26

22

 

Sweden

Yes

Yes

10

6

1

5

1

2

 

Switzerland

 

 

13

12

19

12

17

14

ECONOMIC

Tajikistan

 

 

103

108

 

92

 

 

 

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

 

 

 

73

 

63

 

 

VIOLENCE

Turkey

Yes

 

66

86

45

73

98

85

MARITAL

Turkmenistan

 

 

86

96

 

 

 

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

54

91

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom

Yes

 

18

10

13

11

19

16

 

Uzbekistan

 

 

94

92

 

 

 

 

 

Yugoslavia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number 1 is the top ranking, so the lower the number, the better the country's ranking

HDI: Human Development Index

GDI: Gender-Related Development Index

GEM: Gender Empowerment Measure

(UNDP Human DeveiopMent Report, i995 & 1999)

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