Equality Rules Quiz
Test your knowledge on facts about women around the globe!
1) In this country, women are not allowed to get a driver's license.
Cambodia
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Canada
2) In this country, an amendment to the constitution to guarantee women equal rights passed in 1972 but was never ratified by the states.
Germany
United States
India
South Africa
3) Women in this country are fighting to change a law that says only men can inherit property. Because of this law, women whose husbands die often lose the house they live on and the land they farm, and are thrown into poverty.
Guatemala
Portugal
Nigeria
Egypt
4) The number of women who work in the government is an important indicator of the status of women in that country. Which country do you think has the highest percentage of women working in the legislature?
Sweden
Cuba
China
United States
Uganda
5) Which country do you think has the least percentage of women working in the legislature?
Sweden
Cuba
China
United States
Uganda
6) In this country, women still do not have the right to vote.
South Africa
Afghanistan
Kuwait
El Salvador
7) There is an international treaty designed to promote women's rights. It is called the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, or CEDAW for short. It is an important tool for those who seek to end abuses of women and girls, such as those committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. 180 countries have ratified this treaty. Which country has not?
North Korea
Pakistan
Iraq
Thailand
United States