CONTENTS Forewords Kofi A. Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations vi Ann M. Veneman Executive Director, UNICEFvii Chapter 1 A call for equality 1 Chapter 2 Equality in the household 17 Chapter 3 Equality in employment 37 Chapter 4 Equality in politics and government 51 Chapter 5 Reading the double dividend of gender Equality 69 References88 Statistical Tables98 General note on the data 99 Under-five mortality rankings 101 Table 1: Basic Indicators 102 Table 2: Nutrition 106 Table 3: Health110 Table 4: HIV/AIDS 114 Table 5: Education 118 Table 6: Demographic Indicators 122 Table 7: Economic Indicators 126 Table 8: Women 130 Table 9: Child Protection 134 Summary Indicators 136 Measuring human development 137 Table 10: The Rate of Progress 138 Index 142 Glossary146 UNICEF Offices 148