The lack of data on women’s experiences of poverty and hunger limits theanalysis of MDG 1 to women’s employment outcomes. Between 2000 and2012, women’s employment-to-population ratio declined globally from48.5 per cent to 47.1 per cent compared to 73.9 and 72.2 per cent for men. In2012, female employment ratio was still 25.1 percentage points lower thanmale’s. North Africa, Southern Asia and Western Asia stand out as regionswhere women are particularly disadvantaged with gender gaps in employmentof 50.0, 48.9 and 48.3 percentage points, respectively.