Interestingly, there is a worldwide trend emerging. We're seeing it right now at the United Nations. Commonwealth nations are getting together to develop a set of indicators that all Commonwealth member governments can use and adopt. Globally, there seems to be an awareness of this phenomenon which again is tied to the notion of accountability.
The question is whether all of this training and these initiatives really bring about change. In the absence of data, indicators and information based on real numbers, it is really impossible to say if the lives of women have improved around the world. This approach is truly innovative and it is getting a lot of attention. People tend to embrace this concept more readily than if they were motivated by a sense of social injustice or something else. They want to be able to observe how women's lives will change over time.