What does GDI stand for?

Gender-related Development Index

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The gender-related development index (GDI), introduced in Human Development Report 1995, measures achievements in the same dimensions using the same indicators as the HDI but captures inequalities in achievement between women and men.

Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development

Differing from the gender-related development index (GDI), the GEM exposes inequality in opportunities in selected areas.

Qatar : Qatar a notch up in human development

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1994 EXCELLENT POSITION OF WOMEN FAIR Ranked 64th of 177 in the UNDP Gender-related Development Index.

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The United Nations has used a gender-related development index, using life expectancy from birth, adult literacy rates, a gross enrollment ration of women to men in primary, secondary, and tertiary educational institutions, and estimated earned income, to determine the relative ranking of societies with regard to gender parity.

Gender equity: promoting healthy outcomes

5) Sri Lanka has the highest gender-related development index ranking of any South Asian country, and a number of government mechanisms, including the Ministry of Women's Affairs, the Women's Bureau and the National Committee on Women ensure that priority is given to women's needs and concerns.

Sri Lanka's success in improving maternal health

We have even considered the possibility of the women's movement creating its own Gender-related Development Index, improving on the GDI developed by the UNDP and taking the results of Cairo and Beijing one step further.

Monitoring the fulfillment of the ICPD Programme of Action: "our ...

number five, on a Gender-Related Development Index which adjusts the Human Development Index for gender differences in life expectancy, educational attainment, and income.

Sociocultural Correlates of Permissive Sexual Attitudes: A Test of ...