Gender Equality in Lebanon
How far are we from Gender Equality in Lebanon?
A gender statistical report in partnership between CAS and UNDP highlights how gender disaggregated data could help mainstream gender in national policies and in tracking progress towards achieving gender parity.
The report is available in English (PDF).
Lebanon in the Millenium Development Goals (MDG)
Target | Indicator | 2004 | 2007 | ||||
Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||
1.A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day | 1.1 Proportion of population below national poverty line(lower poverty line=USD 2.4 per capita per day ) | 8 | |||||
1.B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people | 1.5 Employment-to-population ratio | 18.42 | 63.82 | 40.5 | 19 | 61.2 | 39.5 |
1.7 Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment | 14.2 | 37.1 | 31.8 | 15.9 | 31.1 | 27.7 | |
1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger | 1.8 Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age | 2.7 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
Target | Indicator | 2000 | 2004 | 2007 | ||||||
Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||
2.A: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling | 2.1 Net enrolment ratio in primary education | 98.3 | 92.7 | 92.7 | 92.7 | 93.4 | 92.8 | 93.1 | ||
2.2 Proportion of pupils starting grade one who reach last grade of primary | 97 | 93.8 | 95.3 | |||||||
2.3 Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds, women and men | 97.5 | 98.8 | 98.6 | 98.7 | 99.1 | 98.4 | 98.7 |
Target | Indicator | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 |
3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 | 3.1 Ratios of girls to boys in primary education - National definition ISCED 1 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.05 | |
3.1 Ratios of girls to boys in secondary education- national definition ISCED 2 | 1.16 | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.17 | ||
3.2 Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector | 31.7 | 32.6 | ||||
3.3 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament | 4.69 | |||||
Target | Indicator | 2000 | 2004 | ||||
Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||
4.A: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate | 4.1 Under-five mortality rate | 30 | 40 | 35 | 22 | 14.8 | 18.3 |
4.2 Infant mortality rate | 24 | 30 | 27 | 19.2 | 13.2 | 16.1 | |
4.3 Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against measles | 83.3 | 75 | 79.2 | 53 | 54 | 53.4 |
Target | Indicator | 2000 | 2004 |
5.A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio | 5.1 Maternal mortality ratio | 86.3 | |
5.2 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel | 98.2 | ||
Target 5.B: Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health | 5.3 Contraceptive prevalence rate | 62.6 | 74.2 |
Target | Indicator | 2000 | 2004 |
6. A: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS | 6.1 Condom use rate of the contraceptive prevalence rate | 4.4 | 11 |
Target | Indicator | 1999 | 2000 |
7.B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss | 7.1 Proportion of land area covered by forest | 25 | |
7.C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation | 7.8 Proportion of population using an improved drinking water source | 95 | |
7.9 Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation facility (total) | 96.9 |