1. Key Issues 3 3: Where does level of development vary by gender?

2. Let’s read the intro to Key Issue 3 on pg. 309.

3. Gender-Related Development Index §GDI similar to HDI: separates men and women §Country penalized for having disparities between men and women (ex: school enrollment) §No country has a 1: complete gender equality l Norway highest again: 0.960 l U.S. high, but not very top l Sub-Saharan Africa lowest

4. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) §Compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making. l In both MDC’s and LDC’s women hold less economic and political positions than men §Combines income and professional jobs (econ) and managerial jobs and elected jobs (polit) §High: North America, North Europe, South Pacific §Low: Africa and Asia

5. Gender Inequality Index

6. Read in your book about each of the indicators for development and empowerment (pg. 309-314) and fill in the charts Girl Rising: watch as you read the article about he Top 10 worst places for women and work on the handout §Peru §https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hCcl6N1WUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9hCcl6N1WU §Nepal §https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk2Q7WLzn0shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk2Q7WLzn0s

7. …packet time. We will wrap up tomorrow with Key Issue 4. Please read it tonight and complete the handout that goes with it in your packet.