March 8th was International Women's Day.
According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2013, the top 10 countries for women are these:
Top countries
- 1. Iceland
- 2. Finland
- 3. Norway
- 4. Sweden
- 5. Philippines
- 6. Ireland
- 7. New Zealand
- 8. Denmark
- 9. Switzerland
- 10. Nicaragua
Great Britain was 18th and the United States was 23rd. No member of the G20 countries were in the top 10.
The BBC has a good overview of the report here: Women Gain as Gender gap 'Narrows'
