The war of the sexes

The World Economic Forum has released the 2008 Gender Gap Index which combines economic, educational, political and health indices. The UK is in pretty good shape (21st globally), but still needs to do a lot on equal pay (81st). Greece is abysmally low and it is the political index that is so very disappointing (93rd out of 130). Actually, the United Arab Emirates score higher than Greece on this one! If anyone is quick to use the familiar "South European exceptionalism" excuses, just have a look at Spain (ranking higher than Britain on the table).