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Can You Guess the 10 Best Countries For Women? Hint: the U.S. Isn't One of Them

Can You Guess the 10 Best Countries For Women? Hint: the U.S. Isn't One of Them
October 25, 2013 "Information Clearing House - "AlterNet" -- The World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Gap Reportfor 2013 measuring gender disparity between men and women around the world…and disappointingly the United States didn’t even make it in the top 20!
The report, which ranks 136 countries, determines its findings across four primary areas including economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment and health and survival, ranking the United States 23 rd on the list for 2013, HuffPost reported.

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