EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA 81794 WOMEN DEMOGRAPHICS GENDER AT A GLANCE POPULATION BY AGE, 2010 MEN Source: UN World Population Prospects. 100+ ARMENIA 90-94 80-84 70-74 GNI per capita (Atlas Method) US$3,7201 60-64 Population living below US$2.50 33%2 50-54 Most recent…. 40-44 Government Gender Action Plan 2011-2015 30-34 Country Gender Assessment 2014, World Bank3 20-24 Source: 1WDI, 2012. 2ECAPOV, 2011. Estimated as of September 2013. Note: 3Forthcoming. 10-14 0-4 EQUALITY IN ARMENIA, 2000-2011 Source: GenderStats, UNECE, Inter-Parliamentary Union. WOMEN Female gross EDUCATION MEN secondary 2000* enrollment 100 SHARE OF TERTIARY GRADUATES BY AREA OF STUDY (%), 2010 2011** Source: GenderStats. Education 50 Health Humanities and arts Female labor force Share of women in Social science, business and law 0 participation (ages parliament 15-64) Unknown or unspecified Science Agriculture Engineering, manufacturing and construction Services Women's monthly 0% 50% 100% wages as a share of men's (unadjusted) WOMEN *Female gross secondary enrollment (2002). JOBS **Female gross secondary enrollment (2010); Women’s wages as a share of men’s (2010); MEN Share of women in parliament (2013). LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION (% ages 15-64) , 2000- 2011 Source: GenderStats. GLOBAL INDICES Score Max Rank Year 90 World Economic Forum 80 Global Gender Gap Index 0.6636 1 92/135 2012 UNDP 70 Gender Empowerment Measure 0.412 1 93/109 2009 60 OECD 50 Social Institutions & Gender Index 0.2854 0 54/86 2012 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SHARE OF EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR*(%), 2008 Source: KILM (ILO). *Sectors include those with over 5% of total employment. Sector share of total employment Education 9% Agriculture, hunting and forestry 44% Wholesale and retail trade; repairs 10% Manufacturing 8% Transport, storage and communications 5% Construction 5% 0% 50% 100% LEGAL FRAMEWORK The constitution of Armenia guarantees equality for men and women before the law. Men and women have equal ownership and inheritance rights to property. The default marital property regime is partial community of property. There are no laws restricting the industries in which women may work. Women are entitled to 140 calendar days of maternity leave with 100% of wages paid. Parents are entitled to an additional 1,025 days of unpaid parental leave. The law guarantees pregnant and nursing women workplace protections from dismissal, placement in an equivalent position when they return from maternity leave, and rights to a flexible schedule. The law stipulates public provision of childcare for children under the age of primary education. The age at which both men and women can retire and receive full benefits is 63. There is no legislation that specifically addresses domestic violence. Source: Women, Business, and the Law (2013). Armenia Europe & Central OECD Lower Middle Year* KEY INDICATORS Asia Income Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Endowments: Education, Health, and Demographics Gross primary enrollment (% of relevant age group) 101 104 103 102 105 104 107 104 2010 Gross secondary enrollment (% of relevant age group) 91 93 100 97 99 99 64 59 2010 Gross tertiary enrollment (% of relevant age group) 43 55 54 66 62 74 20 17 2011 Primary completion rate (% of relevant age group) 100 103 98 99 101 101 92 89 2007 Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and above) 100 99 99 98 80 62 2010 Labor force with tertiary education (% of relevant group) 22 24 25 31 2007 Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment - 102 - 98 - 100 - 92 2010 Life expectancy at birth (years) 71 77 73 80 77 82 64 68 2011 Maternal mortality rates (per 100,000 live births) - 30 - 21 - 19 - 260 2010 Fertility rates (births per woman) - 1.7 - 1.7 - 1.8 - 2.9 2011 Access to Economic Opportunity Labor participation rate (% of population ages 15-64) 75 55 77 62 79 62 82 39 2011 Unemployment (% of labor force) 21.9 35.0 8.9 8.7 8.0 7.9 4.2 6.3 2007 Youth unemployment (% of population ages 15-24) 37.4 54.7 19.9 20.5 17.2 16.5 13.6 17.7 2008 Self-employed (% of employed men/women) 38 40 22 15 18 13 72 77 2008 Employment rate of persons ages 25-49 with a child under 3 living in household Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) - 32 - - - 2009 Gender pay gap (in average monthly earnings, % of men's - 36 - - - 2010 wages, unadjusted) Share of women employed in the non-agricultural sector (% of - 43 - 47 - 46 - 24 2009 total non-agricultural employment) Account at a formal financial institution (% age 15+) 17 18 73 66 86 80 34 23 2011 Agency Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments(%) - 11 - 24 - 25 - 15 2013 Firms with female top managers (%) - 14 - - - 2009 Share of women among ministers (%) - 11 - 19 - 24 - 14 2012 Percentage agreeing that a husband is justified in hitting or 20 9 2010 beating his wife *Indicates year of country data. All benchmarking data is from the most recent available year. Data from GenderStats (extracted September 10, 2013), UNECE, Inter-Parliamentary Union (as of September 1, 2013), DHS, and the central statistics office of Armenia. DATA Please note that where possible, data is from harmonized internationally comparable sources. WANT TO KNOW MORE? For more information, please visit the Gender Data Portal at www.datatopics.worldbank.org/gender