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Global gender gap is closing, but U.S. lags

Equality for women has come a long way but still has a way to go according to the 2012 Global Gender Gap report. The report ranks countries on the access women have to education, economic opportunity, healthcare and political power.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Munich Germany on October 19, 2012.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Munich Germany on October 19, 2012.
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Equality for women has come a long way but still has a way to go according to the 2012 Global Gender Gap Report.

The report ranks countries on the access women have to education, economic opportunity, healthcare and political power.

 

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