Women in Laos

Women in Laos
	Two young Lao women in traditional clothes.
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)	470 (2010)
Women in parliament	25.0% (2012)
Women over 25 with secondary education	22.9% (2010)
Women in labour force	76.5% (2011)
Gender Inequality Index
Value	0.459 (2019)
Rank	113th out of 162
Global Gender Gap Index
Value	0.733 (2022)
Rank	53rd out of 146

Laotian women have long been active participants in their nation's society, involved in politics, driving social transformation and development, becoming active in the world of business and serving as nurses and food producers for the military. Due to modernization and rural uprooting, Lao women have begun to embrace lifestyles that are foreign to traditional Laotian ideals.^[3]

^ "Gender Inequality Index" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference Lonely was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "Gender Inequality Index" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[2] "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

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