Q97
Every year the United Nations Development Pro-gramme (UNDP) publishes the Human Development Index (HOI), which ranks the quality of life in U.N. member countries and in which Japan ranked seventh in 2006. The UNDP also publishes the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), whic ranks 75 countries and regions according to how much progress women have made in terms of entering the areas of politics and business. What was Japan's GEM ranking?
(a) Seventh
(b) Twenty-second
(c) Forty-second
A97 I GEM is a composite index that provides such information as the relative ranking of female legislators, senior officials and managers; the ratio of estimated female-to-male income; and the percentage that women represent of professional and techni-cal workers. The higher the ranking on the index, the easier it is for women to work in the relevant countries. Norway ranks top, followed by Sweden, Iceland and Denmark. Japan moved up one position from 2005 to forty-second place, but continues to rank lowest of all the advanced industrialized countries as it has a male oriented society. The correct answer is
