AQ's 2013 Social Inclusion Index: Adding Women’s Rights to the Equation

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Now in its second year, Americas Quarterly’s Social Inclusion Index included women’s rights as an indicator, affecting some countries' positions in the ranking.

Women’s rights count when comparing countries on social inclusion. In its second edition of the Social Inclusion Index—launched on July 31—Americas Quarterly included women’s rights as an indicator to measure countries’ progress on access to public and private goods.

In this video explaining the Index’s new indicator, AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal talks about why measuring women’s participation in society is a crucial element to measuring the concept of social inclusion in the Americas—not least due to how important women’s rights are to economic growth. “[W]hat country can be competitive if 50 percent of potential workforce is not in the workforce?” says Segal.