This data portal is a virtual goldmine of worldwide statistics on gender, based on data sets gathered by the United Nations and the World Bank. Built as a tool for the assessment of World Bank funding of "gender-informed activities," the information gathered here is useful for researchers of all kinds, as well as anyone curious about how global resources are being allocated by gender. To start,...

A significant collection of data documenting the status of women at the turn of the new millennium has appeared on the Web. The online digest of the United Nation's The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics, was posted in late May and provides data and analysis on the worldwide status of women. It highlights statistics "on women's situation as compared to men's in a broad range of fields --...