An Evaluation of Women's Human Development Level using Multi Criteria Decision-Making Methods: A Case Study of OECD Countries

Women's rights, role in society, education periods, and working conditions are essential societal issues and are gaining more importance daily.With the spread of technology and globalization, societies can become more conscious.It is crucial to increase the role of women in society to increase the development level, quality, welfare level, economy level, and peace level of societies.For this reason, the role of women in society is a crucial issue for countries.In this respect, this paper aimed to evaluate women's human development level in OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries using multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods.Suitably, the MEREC (Method based on Removal Effects of Criteria) method was used to determine the criterion weights, and the MARCOS method (Measurement of Alternatives and Ranking according to Compromise Solution) was used to determine the rankings of the countries.According to the results, Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland performed at the highest levels in women's human development.Finally, the results are tested through sensitivity analysis to compare other well-known robust MCDM methods (ARAS, TOPSIS, MABAC).A very high correlation (greater than 95%) was found between the rankings of other well-known MCDM methods and those obtained by the methods used in this study.