The global gender gap report 2017 gender parity is fundamental to whether and how economies and societies thrive. For the last several years, iraq along with several other notable countries did not even appear on the world economic forums global gender gap report annual country ranking. Global wage report 2012 shows that the impact of the crisis on wages was far from uniform. The global gender gap report cultural anthropology. Global gender inequality encyclopedia of social work. At the world economic forum professor klaus schwab founder and executive chairman borge brende managing director saadia zahidi. A companion to the 20 world development report on jobs, the report advocates investing more in womens capabilities and eliminating structural barriers such. As a result, different groups of women experience very different gaps in pay. In 2014 and 2015, kuwait was ranked first among arab countries in the global gender gap report. Aptitude, behaviour, confidence tries to determine why, in the 64 countries and economies covered, 15yearold boys are more likely than girls, on average, to be overall low achievers, and why highperforming 15yearold girls underachieve in mathematics, science and problem solving compared to highachieving boys.
Nonetheless, global gender inequality is so pervasive as to seem intractable without major reworking and restructuring of all number of social, religious, and political institutions. There is no difference between men and women in egypt on this issue. The global gender gap index 20 is the result of collaboration with faculty at harvard university and the university of california, berkeley. Download the full global gender gap report by wef pdf download full raw data csv. Even in rapidly growing economies, such as india, the gap is enormous. The index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and healthbased criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups, and.
The global gender gap report 2010is published by the world economic forum. While there has been some progress on closing the gap in recent years, the ilo recently projected that gender parity in global wages would not be achieved until 2086. The reduction in the gap from 2002 to 2007 was particularly strong in latin america and the caribbean, the. Why does the global gender gap report ignore gender. To learn more about the global gender gap report, visit the reports website. The global gender gap report 2012 the world economic forum. The main message of this years world development report is that these patterns of progress and persistence in gender equality matter, both for development outcomes and policy making. New report ranks united states surprisingly low when it comes. Between 2006 and 2012, italy, poland and qatar, and between 2009 and 2012, estonia, israel and singapore. The global gender gap index introduced by the world economic forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of genderbased disparities and tracking their progress. They matter because gender equality is a core development. The global gender gap report ranks countries on their ability to close. The gender wage gap has narrowed, but almost no progress has been made since 2001 white house 2011. According to the world economic forums global gender gap 2017 report, uganda is ranked 45 out of 144 countries on the basis of its four key indicators.
Looking to the future, the report reveals that the greatest challenge preventing the economic gender gap from closing is womens underrepresentation in emerging roles. Economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. Gender equality and development a commentary find, read and cite all the research you need on. Under the country score card section of this report. In cloud computing, just 12% of professionals are women. Other reports, notably those by nations to track their compliance with the united nations convention to end.
Through the global gender gap report series, the world economic forum has been. The gender pay gap is a complex issue that will require robust and inclusive solutions. Gender gap and female workforce participation in agriculture in andhra pradesh, india article pdf available in african journal of agricultural research 119. New report ranks united states surprisingly low when it comes to gender equality october 24, 2012 at 11. While there are some notable benefits to the global gender gap annual report, including increased attention from mainstream media and opportunities for yearto year comparisons, far too much is ultimately ignored or misconstrued. The global gender gap report for 2010 found that while 93% of the global education gap and 96% of the global health gap has been closed, only 60% of the economic participation and 16% of the political gender gap has been closed and this gender differences in social and economic roles and responsibilities exacerbate vulnerability. The analysis presented in the global gender gap report. The global gender gap report 2012 weforum world economic.
The violation of rights of women and girls global campaign for education february 2012 a report submitted to the committee on the elimination of discrimination against women cedaw. A companion to the 20 world development report on jobs, the report advocates investing more in womens capabilities and eliminating structural barriers such as laws that bar women from own. In addition to benchmarking gender gaps through the global gender gap report series and other topical studies, the world economic forums system initiative on shaping the future of education, gender and work aims to ensure that talent is developed, nurtured and deployed for maximum benefit to the economy and society by mobilizing business. The global gender gap report 2017 world economic forum. Pdf the global gender gap report 2017 insight report. Economic forums global gender gap report 201 stresses how it is imperative for countries and companies to develop, attract and retain the best talents, both male and female if they are to be competitive.
And to know more about this worrying matter, you could take a look at the global gender gap report pdf which published each year. The report s gender gap index ranks countries according to calculated gender gaps. Because in the world at large, discrimination of women is a much larger problem than discrimination of men, and therefore the global gender gap report choose to focus on this. The 2017 edition of the report features a range of unique contextual data through a research collaboration with linkedin. Women in kuwait are among the most emancipated women in the middle east region. The global gender gap report is an insight tool published annually by the world economic forum. This interactive report was designed and built by twon, based on data from the world economic forum. Yes this means theyre being slightly misleading when they say on thei. Tyson, university of california, berkeley saadia zahidi, world economic forum. Report march 8, 2017 women h o st s an d a i r bn b. In march 2012, based on the work of this group and to.
Between 2000 and 2012 the gender gap in reading performance favouring girls widened in 11 countries. Mckinsey global institutes mgi recent power of parity report2 captures the magnitude of the impact of gender equality on the worlds. The global gender gap report was introduced by the world economic forum in 2006 to analyze disparities between genders in a worldwide context. Given the extent to which canada and the global community have embraced edu cation as a. Pdf online document find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The report measures womens disadvantage compared to men, and is not a measure of equality of the gender gap. Moreover continuing to challenge gender definitions and the values and attitudes that undergird them also seems necessary auchmuty, 2012. Consideration of the third periodic report of the new zealand government. Before this groundbreaking report, little comprehensive data existedeven the size of the gap was unknown. Oct 24, 2012 saadia zahidi, senior director, head of constituents at the world economic forum presents the results of the global gender gap report 2012.
New report ranks united states surprisingly low when it. The seventh annual world economic forum global gender gap report 2012 ranks nordic countries in top spots, with iceland, finland, norway and sweden having. Request pdf on feb 21, 2012, shahra razavi and others published world development report 2012. Female representation almost doubled from 2011 to 2012, moving from 23. Through the global gender gap reports,for the past four years,the world economic forum has been quantifying the magnitude of gender based disparities and tracking their progress over time. But you need to focus on your thesis and final step. The global gender gap report was first published in 2006 by the world economic forum. Ensuring the full development and appropriate deployment of half of the worlds total talent pool has a vast bearing on the growth, competitiveness and futurereadiness of economies and businesses worldwide. To better understand the gap, intel corporation commissioned this study and consulted with. The global gender gap report 20 is published by the world economic forum. Shanghaichina, hong kongchina, singapore, japan and finland are the top five performers in science in pisa 2012. Global gender gap report wikipedia republished wiki 2. The global gender gap report 2012 world economic forum geneva switzerland 2012. The global gender gap report 2012 world economic forum.
In developed economies, the crisis led to a double dip in wages. Global employment gap inched down pre crisis, but crisis reversed it gender gaps in employment the global gender gap in the employmenttopopulation ratio, between 2002 and 2007 inched down, but remained high at 24. The global gender gap report s index assesses 5 countries, representing more than 93% of the worlds population, on how well resources and. According to the global gender gap report by the world 1 aki iida is a ph. In most of the countries surveyed in both 2007 and 2012, there has been little change in opinions on this topic. Based on the seven years of data available for the 111 countries that have been part of the report since its inception, it finds that the majority of countries covered have made slow progress on closing gender gaps. Global gender gap report 2020 world economic forum. Oct 30, 2014 because in the world at large, discrimination of women is a much larger problem than discrimination of men, and therefore the global gender gap report choose to focus on this. The main purpose of this report is to get the index on the gender gap. Gender at work looks closely at existing constraints as well as policies and practices that show promise in closing the gaps.
Internet usage jumped dramatically between 2010 and 2012, from 1. Gender trends in tourism destination sciencedirect. Global gender gap report in 2006 to provide a public, globally relevant tool that delivers information on how countries are faring on gender equality. By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking global gender gaps. It assesses national gender gaps in political, economic, health, and educationrelated areas and ranks countries according to data, allowing comparisons across regions, time, and income groups.
The 2014 report covers 144 major and emerging economies. The global gender gap report 2012 through the global gender gap report series, the world economic forum has been quantifying the magnitude of genderbased. By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking global gender gaps,the report reveals those countries that. By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking global gender gaps, it reveals those countries that are role models in dividing their resources equitably between women and men, regardless of the overall level of those resources. Factors affecting completion of apprenticeship training inengland, journal of education and work, doi. And with that index, the world decisionmakers could provide some escape from this inequality. Third, it ranks countries according to gender equality rather. The global gender gap report 2012 emphasizes persisting gender gap divides across and within regions. Globalgendergap2012 p art 1 measuring the global gender. Rankings and scores ricardo hausmann, harvard university laura d. At the world economic forum professor klaus schwab founder and executive chairman saadia zahidi director, constituent communities. The global gender gap index 2010 is the result of collaboration with faculty at harvard university and the university of california, berkeley. Through the global gender gap report series, the world economic forum has been quantifying the magnitude of gender based disparities and tracking their progress.
The 2011 global gender gap report ranks the us in the 17. In 20, 53% of kuwaiti women participated in the labor force. Understanding the 20 global gender gap report women. Closing canadas gender gap canadian centre for policy. The global gender gap index is an index designed to measure gender equality. No country in the world has yet reached gender equality but there are major variations across countries. The 2020 report published in 2019 covers 153 countries. The reports gender gap index ranks countries according to calculated gender gap between women and men in four key areas. The global gender gap report, published annually since 2006, is an evaluation of the gender gap in four main categories in countries worldwide. The 2017 report covers 144 major and emerging economies.
Since then, this report, and the other initiatives of the gender parity programme, have generated significant impact. The global gender gap index introduced by the world economic forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender based disparities and tracking their progress. Pdf gender gap and female workforce participation in. Similarly, in engineering and data and ai, the numbers are 15% and 26% respectively. The global gender statistics programme is mandated by the united nations statistical commission, implemented by the united nations statistics division unsd and coordinated by the interagency and expert group on gender statistics iaeggs. The 20 global gender gap report wef 20 ranked the country 67 out of 126, a remarkable gain of 23 places from the previous year, chiefly ascribable to growing numbers of women in parliament. World economic forum global gender gap report 2005. The global gender gap report 2012 is published by the. December 2018 decent work for fijian women a stagnant.
The gender pay gap is the result of many factors, including race and ethnicity, disability, access to education and age. In the multimedia encyclopedia of women in todays world encyclopedia of women in todays world, edited by mary z. As per the global gender gap index report 2019, fiji is ranked 127 out of 144 countries when it comes to economic participation and opportunity. Gender inequality is a matter of equity as well as a matter of efficiency. Tyson, university of california, berkeley yasmina bekhouche, world economic forum saadia zahidi, world economic forum variables rather than gaps in means or input variables. The global gender gap report 2011 the world economic forum.
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