NZ in top ten for women

The Herald reports:

New Zealand is among the 10 best places to be a woman, according to a worldwide report on gender equality.

It ranked seventh out of 136 countries in the World Forum's 2013, with narrow gaps between the sexes in the , education, economic and political sectors.

New Zealand was at number one – equal with several European countries – for educational attainment, which included literacy rates and enrolment in primary, secondary and .

In terms of educational achievement, are not just at a par with men, but streaks ahead.

It would be interesting to see a large table of countries for men also. I don't mean to suggest that in most areas men do not have advantages – they do. But in some areas such as education, health, life expectancy men constantly do worse and it would be interesting to see what the gaps are in different countries.

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