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Measures of Gender Inequality are tools that we can use to predict gender equality. Gender inequality is the unequal treatment toward individuals based on gender. There are various ways used to measure gender inequality all over the world. In 2010, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) created a new program for measuring global gender inequality called the Gender Inequality Index (GII). The GII was created to predict some drawbacks of previous UNDP indicators. It measures gender-based gaps in reproductive health, empowerment, and labor market participation.

The GII Measuring Reproductive Health The GII is the first major index to include reproductive health indicators as a way to measure gender inequality. The GII uses two indicators to measure gender inequality in reproductive health. The first indicator is the maternal mortality ratio (MMR). This is shown as the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The GII obtains MMR data from UNICEF's State of the World's Children reports. The MMR is a good indicator of women's access to health care because a low MMR tells us that pregnant women have access to adequate health care to prevent maternal death.

The second reproductive health indicator is the adolescent birth rate (ABR), which is shown as the number of births to women ages 15-19 per 1,000 women ages 15-19. The GII recieves ABR data from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). The GII measures ABR because early childbearing is associated with increased health risks for mothers and infants and can serve as a barrier to accessing higher education.

The GII also measures empowerment. There is no universal definition of women's empowerment, but it generally includes women's ability to participate fully in social and economic life. Like the indicators for reproductive health, the GII includes two indicators of empowerment. The first indicator is political representation. This is an indicator of women's civic empowerment. Political representation is shown by the share of seats held by women in parliament. This data is provided by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an organization that tracks international trends in political participation.

The second empowerment indicator in the GII is educational attainment. This is measured by the proportion of adult women and adult men, ages 25 and older, with at least some secondary education. This information is obtained through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Women's access to education can greatly affect their social and economic opportunities as well as their health outcomes.

The GEI- The Gender Equity Index is said to measure situations that are unfavorable, specifically to women. The design is to facilitate comparisons and ranking countries based on three indices: Education, Economic Participation, and Empowerment. All of which are some of the most substantial and important factors in society having to do with gender and inequality. This model has been often criticized for ignoring more important factors such as health.