this chapter aims to take a first step towards that goal though constrained by issues of data availability we build on the ideas of the various gender indices available to choose variables that capture various aspects of gender inequality over time this chapter provides an overview of gender inequalities in various dimensions of wellbeing following the conceptual framework of how is life furthermore discrimination can take place throughout a woman s life cycle from birth resulting from sexselective abortions such as in the case of china to access to education for instance in school enrolment rates and continuing through the rest of their life course eg labour force participation and life expectancy oecd