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An Index of Pro-Woman Nation-States

A Comparative Analysis of 39 Countries

University of South Carolina Aiken, USA, christinew{at}usca.edu

Pro-woman nation-states need to be identified because these states may help diminish traditional gender roles and gender stratification by providing structural opportunities for women (Wang, 2004; Wernet et al., 2005). Comparative, country-level data on multiple domains, such as female life expectancy, low fertility rates, education levels, the legal status of abortion, the percent of women in public life, female labor force participation, and family leave policies, are gathered from the Population Reference Bureau (1998) and the International Labor Organization (1997). This article explores the differential access that people in 39 countries have to the aforementioned rights and privileges in order to identify which countries have policies that are the most beneficial for women by ranking pro-woman nation-states in a comparative index.

Key Words: comparative sociology • gender • nation-states • political sociology • pro-woman

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