Measuring Women's Economic and Social Rights Achievement

The primary purpose of this article is to develop an index with which to measure and evaluate women's realization of their economic and social rights. This study utilizes the index to quantify the pervasive and persistent inequality between men and women in the realization of their rights under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The author contends that statistical information is essential to enhancing any assessment of the life situation of women and in furthering governmental compliance with the nondiscrimination and equality of treatment clauses of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.