Cities ranked by women's rights

Score 0-100. Anchored on the WEF Global Gender Gap composite (economic participation, education, health, political empowerment) with editorial adjustments for reproductive-rights climate where the WEF index lags (e.g. post-Dobbs US state variance). Cities above 85 are genuinely strong on all four pillars. Mid-70s cities lead on some but lag on at least one (often political representation or pay parity).

Signals we look at

• WEF Global Gender Gap Report
• Reproductive-rights legal status
• Economic participation + pay-parity data
• Editorial review of recent policy shifts (federal and city level)

Scores are editorial assessments, not algorithmic. We update them as data refreshes from public sources and as the editorial revisits each city.