Global gender gap is closing, but U.S. lags
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Munich Germany on October 19, 2012.
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Equality for women has come a long way but still has a way to go according to the 2012 Global Gender Gap Report.
The report ranks countries on the access women have to education, economic opportunity, healthcare and political power.
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