EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA DEMOGRAPHICS 81818 WOMEN GENDER AT A GLANCE POPULATION BY AGE, 2010 MEN Source: UN World Population Prospects. 100+ AZERBAIJAN 90-94 80-84 70-74 1 60-64 GNI per capita (Atlas Method) US$6,050 Population living below US$2.50 6%2 50-54 Most recent…. 40-44 Government Gender Action Plan Not available 30-34 Country Gender Assessment 2014, World Bank3 20-24 Source: 1WDI, 2013 2ECAPOV, 2005. Estimated as of September 2013. 10-14 Note: 3Forthcoming. 0-4 EQUALITY IN AZERBAIJAN, 2000-2011 Source: GenderStats, UNECE, Inter-Parliamentary Union. WOMEN EDUCATION MEN 2000* Female gross secondary SHARE OF TERTIARY GRADUATES BY AREA OF STUDY (%), 2011 2011** enrollment 100 Source: GenderStats. Education Health 50 Humanities and arts Science Female labor force Share of women in Agriculture 0 participation (ages parliament Social science, business and law 15-64) Engineering, manufacturing and… Unknown or unspecified Services 0% 50% 100% Women's monthly wages as a share of men's (unadjusted) WOMEN JOBS MEN * Female gross secondary enrollment (1997); Share of women in parliament (2001). ** Women’s wages as a share of men’s (2010); Share of women in parliament (2013). LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION (% ages 15-64) , 2000- 2011 Source: GenderStats. GLOBAL INDICES Score Max Rank Year 80 World Economic Forum 75 Global Gender Gap Index 0.6546 1 99/135 2012 70 65 UNDP 60 Gender Empowerment Measure 0.385 1 100/109 2009 55 OECD 50 Social Institutions & Gender Index 0.3625 0 68/86 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 Health and social work 5% Wholesale and retail trade; repairs 16% Education 9% Agriculture, hunting and forestry 38% Manufacturing 5% Transport, storage and communications 5% Public administration and defence 7% Construction 6% 0% 50% 100% LEGAL FRAMEWORK The constitution of Azerbaijan guarantees equality for men and women before the law. Men and women have equal owner- ship and inheritance rights to property. The default marital property regime is partial community of property. There are laws restricting the industries in which women may work. More specifically, there are restrictions regarding the employment of women in the areas of mining, construction, metalworking, factories, jobs requiring lifting weights above a threshold, and work deemed hazardous or arduous. Women are entitled to 126 calendar days of maternity leave with 100% of wages paid and 14 days of unpaid maternity leave. Men are entitled to 14 days of unpaid paternity leave. Parents are entitled to an additional 1,039 days of partially paid 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 men and women can retire and receive full benefits is 63 and 58.5, respectively. There is legislation specifically addressing domestic violence that includes emotional, financial, physical, and sexual abuse. Source: Women, Business, and the Law (2013). Azerbaijan Europe & Central OECD Upper 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) 96 95 103 102 105 104 111 110 2011 Gross secondary enrollment (% of relevant age group) 100 98 100 97 99 99 84 87 2011 Gross tertiary enrollment (% of relevant age group) 19 20 54 66 62 74 33 40 2011 Primary completion rate (% of relevant age group) 93 92 98 99 101 101 97 99 2011 Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and above) 100 100 99 98 96 91 2009 Labor force with tertiary education (% of relevant group) 6 10 25 31 2011 Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment - 98 - 98 - 100 - 104 2011 Life expectancy at birth (years) 68 74 73 80 77 82 71 75 2011 Maternal mortality rates (per 100,000 live births) - 43 - 21 - 19 - 64 2010 Fertility rates (births per woman) - 1.9 - 1.7 - 1.8 - 1.8 2011 Access to Economic Opportunity Labor participation rate (% of population ages 15-64) 73 67 77 62 79 62 83 65 2011 Unemployment (% of labor force) 4.5 6.4 8.9 8.7 8.0 7.9 2011 Youth unemployment (% of population ages 15-24) 14.2 15.2 19.9 20.5 17.2 16.5 2011 Self-employed (% of employed men/women) 52 63 22 15 18 13 2008 Employment rate of persons ages 25-49 with a child under 3 living in household Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) - 11 - - - 2009 Gender pay gap (in average monthly earnings, % of men's - 45 - - - 2010 wages, unadjusted) Share of women employed in the non-agricultural sector (% of - 44 - 47 - 46 - 39 2010 total non-agricultural employment) Account at a formal financial institution (% age 15+) 16 14 73 66 86 80 62 53 2011 Agency Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments(%) - 16 - 24 - 25 - 22 2013 Firms with female top managers (%) - 5 - - - 2009 Share of women among ministers (%) - 3 - 19 - 24 - 15 2012 Percentage agreeing that a husband is justified in hitting or 57 49 - - - 2006 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 Azerbaijan 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