US slipping in gender gap

Forbes.com gives us an overview of the latest global report on the gender gap. :

The World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Gap Index Tuesday, a comprehensive ranking of gender gaps across the world. As in past years, the Nordic countries came out on top, but the U.S. and UK slipped down the list.

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The U.S. fell to No. 31, down from last year's No. 27 ranking and even farther from 2006's placement at No. 23. The U.S. has always done well on measures of education and economic participation, but has been held back by mediocre scores in women's health and political achievement. The U.S. gap in political empowerment is below the world's average, having closed only 14% of its gap. This year, small changes in economic opportunity--female labor force participation and wage equality fell slightly--pushed the U.S. down the list.

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