Back المرأة في جزر المالديف Arabic মালদ্বীপৰ নাৰী Assamese Dones a les Maldives Catalan زنان در مالدیو Persian ქალები მალდივის რესპუბლიკაში Georgian مالدیپ دیاں عورتاں PNB Женщины на Мальдивах Russian مالدیپ وِچ زنانیاں SKR மாலத்தீவில் பெண்கள் Tamil مالدیپ کی خواتین Urdu
.jpg) Maldivian women attending the 2012 International Women's Day March in Malé | |
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 60 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 6.5% (2012) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 20.7% (2010) |
| Women in labour force | 55.7% (2011) |
| Gender Inequality Index[1] | |
| Value | 0.348 (2021) |
| Rank | 83rd out of 191 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[2] | |
| Value | 0.648 (2022) |
| Rank | 117th out of 146 |
The status of Women in the Maldives was traditionally fairly high, as attested to in part by the existence of four Sultanas.[3]
- ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Ryavec, Karl E. (1995). "Maldives: Social Structure". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Indian Ocean: five island countries (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-8444-0857-3. OCLC 32508646.
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