User:Lights and freedom/Women in the United States
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 14 (2015) |
| Women in parliament | 19.5% (2015) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 95.4% (2015) |
| Women in labour force | 56.0% (2015) |
| Gender Inequality Index | |
| Value | 0.203 (2015)[1] |
| Rank | 43rd out of 159 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[2] | |
| Value | 0.720 (2018) |
| Rank | 51st |
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Political and legal status
Relevant constitutional amendments, acts of Congress, court decisions, background in common law
Reproductive rights
Birth control is legal nationwide.[3] The right of all women to an abortion in in the first trimester of their pregnancy was legally recognized in the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade in 1973.[4]
Representation
Statistics of women in government.
Statistics of women in other leadership roles and in the workforce.
Gender roles
What activities are more associated with women, or more associated with men.
Pressures on women to do certain things instead of others.
Depictions of women in media.
Within relationships
Expectations of women's role in relationships.
Violence against women
Incidence of violence against women and relevant statistics.
Gender discrimination (or Gender inequality?)
Including general rankings of gender inequality (although perhaps these belong in Representation), and material from sources talking specifically about gender discrimination.
References
- ^ "Table 5: Gender Inequality Index - Human Development Reports 2015". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "The Global Gender Gap Report 2018" (PDF). World Economic Forum. pp. 10–11.
- ^ "Griswold v. Connecticut - The Impact of Legal Birth Control and the Challenges that Remain". lobby.la.psu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ Chemerinsky (2019), 10.3.3.1, p. 887.