By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking global gender gaps,the report reveals those countries that. 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. Nov 01, 2017 global gender gap grows for first time in 11 years. Figure 31 demonstrates the relationship between gdp per capita and the global gender gap index 2015. Pdf the global gender gap report 2017 insight report. However, 18 countries from the middle east and north. The global gender gap index 2010 is the result of collaboration with faculty at harvard university and the university of california, berkeley.
The report estimates that the workplace gender gap will now not be closed for 217 years. Though many people in the developed world assume that nations with economic strength and geopolitical power automatically have a positive human rights record, the world economic forums global gender gap report places japan just behind cambodia. Global gender gap grows for first time in 11 years cbs news. World economic forums global gender gap report 2017. Since 2006 the global gender gap index has been measuring the extent. Economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival and political empowerment. Other reports, notably those by nations to track their compliance with the united nations convention to end. Gender based analysis economic indicators education health social equality women economic conditions womenemployment gender gap gender equality. 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. The global gender gap index is an index designed to measure gender equality. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in.
The global gender gap index humanitarian data exchange. Understanding the 20 global gender gap report women. The global gender gap report, published annually since 2006, is an evaluation of the gender gap in four main categories in countries worldwide. The correlation is evident despite the fact that the global gender gap index unlike other gender indexes explicitly eliminates any direct impact of the absolute levels of any of the indicators used in the index e. Figure 32 shows the links between the human development index 2014 and global gender gap index 2015 and figure 33 illustrates the links between the global competitiveness index 20152016 and global gender gap index 2015. The main message of this years world development report. The global gender gap index 2012 ranking chartsbin. 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. The global gender gap report 2017 investing in women. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. 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. And with that index, the world decisionmakers could provide some escape from this inequality. The report s gender gap index ranks countries according to calculated gender gap between women and men in four key areas.
The 2020 report published in 2019 covers 153 countries. The global gender gap index the global gender gap index seeks to measure one important aspect of gender equality. 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. The gender gap index 2006 covers 115 countries, representing over 90% of the worlds population. Gender equality has been more of a national focus than usual in the united states over the past few months, thanks to the 2012 presidential election. Pdf the global gender gap report 20 insight report. Elseviers new report on the gender gap in global research, published to coincide with international womens. The statistic shows the global gender gap index of top 50 countries for 2020. Saadia zahidi, senior director, head of constituents at the world economic forum presents the results of the global gender gap report 2012. Producing international statistics on women and menowned enterprises. The country comparisons are meant to serve a dual purpose.
Oct 27, 2016 think the world is on the brink of gender parity. 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 global gender gap report is an insight tool published annually by the world economic forum. Global gender gap report 2010 measuring the global gender gap 5 to absolute equality. Factors affecting completion of apprenticeship training inengland, journal of education and work, doi. To better understand the gap, intel corporation commissioned this study and consulted with. The global gender gap report 2012 the world economic forum. The global gender gap report was first published in 2006 by the world economic forum. According to the global gender gap report by the world 1 aki iida is a ph. Japan, one of the most industrialized nations on earth with the third largest economy in the world, ranks 105th of 6 countries in gender equality. The second was a onesided scale that measures how close women are to reaching parity with men but does not. Pdf online document find, read and cite all the research you need on. The global gender gap report 2010 is published by the world economic forum. But how does the united states stack up against other countries when it comes to said gender equality.
Gender equality is an oftrepeated goal by political leaders around the world, yet unfortunately there are few nations that can truthfully assert that men and women are treated as equal citizens in all respects. Such gender differences exist to a large extent because women still bear the burden of the unpaid, but unavoidable, tasks of daily domestic life, such as childcare and housework. Global gender gap report 2015 reports world economic forum. The global gender gap report 2011 the world economic forum. Through the global gender gap report series, the world economic forum has been.
At the world economic forum professor klaus schwab founder and executive chairman saadia zahidi director, constituent communities. The global gender gap report 2012 world economic forum geneva switzerland 2012. Nov 08, 2017 the wef has released the 2017 edition of its global gender gap report, which indicates that the gender gap has widened for the first time since the organisation started measuring it. The economic case for reducing gender gaps in the labour. The global gender gap report 2012 weforum world economic. Economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.
Gender trends in tourism destination sciencedirect. Since then, this report, and the other initiatives of the gender parity programme, have generated significant impact. The global gender gap report cultural anthropology. Text and charts are based on the world economic forums global gender. The main purpose of this report is to get the index on the gender gap. Global gender gap report 2020 world economic forum. By providing a comprehensive framework for benchmarking global gender gaps.
This report reveals those countries that are role models in dividing resources equitably between women and men,regardless of their level. Rankings and scores ricardo hausmann, harvard university laura d. Tyson, university of california, berkeley saadia zahidi, world economic forum. With a decade of data, this edition of the global gender gap report first published in 2006 shows that while the world has made progress overall. But you need to focus on your thesis and final step. This years global gender gap report found that the divide between men and women stood at 32 percent, up from 31. The global gender gap report 20 is published by the world economic forum. On 8 march 2012, the oecd launched the gender data browser. The global gender gap report 2012 world economic forum. Ph slides to 10th spot of global gender gap report for 2017. The global gender gap index 2015 ranks 145 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, healthbased and political indicators. The global gender gap 2017 report from the world economic forum benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensionseconomic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across. Measuring the global gender gap the encyclopedia of women and leadership in twentiethcentury australia, australian women and leadership is a biographical, bibliographical and archival database of australian women leaders with links to related digital resources.
This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Most countries around the world have won the battle to provide universal primary education, but. 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. In addition, this years report examines gender gap prospects in the professions of the future. Now in its 14th year, the global gender gap report 2020 benchmarks 153 countries on their progress towards gender parity in four dimensions. 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 index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education, and healthbased criteria. According to the world economic forums last global gender gap report, the situation of women actually worsened for the.
This interactive report was designed and built by twon, based on data from the world economic forum. The global gender gap report ranks countries on their ability to. The 2014 report covers 144 major and emerging economies. The 2017 edition of the report features a range of unique contextual data through a research collaboration with linkedin. Consideration of the third periodic report of the new zealand government. Shutterstock the world economic forum just released its annual global gender gap report 2012, and it does not look good for the united states, who took home the 22nd spot. To learn more about the global gender gap report, visit the report s website. According to the 2012 global gender gap report, released on october 23rd by the world economic forum, were only 22nd best. Gender inequality is a matter of equity as well as a matter of efficiency. This is the upper limiting value of the gender gap index limes superior for the femaletomale ratio and for the maletofemale ratio wef global gender gap index rankings. 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, introduced by the world economic forum in 2006, provides a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender based disparities around the world. Global gender gap report 2020 17 december 2019 origin. The global gender gap index was first introduced by the world economic forum in 2006 as a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender based disparities and tracking their progress. At the world economic forum professor klaus schwab founder and executive chairman borge brende managing director saadia zahidi. How south africa ranks in the global gender gap report. The report s gender gap index ranks countries according to calculated gender gaps. Global gender gap report black major reference works. In addition, this years edition also analyses the dynamics of gender gaps across industry talent. The global gender gap report 2006 world economic forum.
Global gender gap report 2010 world economic forum. The economic gender gap wont be closed for another 217 years. The global gender gap index 20 is the result of collaboration with faculty at harvard university and the university of california, berkeley. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Global gender gap report in 2006 to provide a public, globally relevant tool that delivers information on how countries are faring on gender equality. And to know more about this worrying matter, you could take a look at the global gender gap report pdf which published each year. No country in the world has yet reached gender equality but there are major variations across countries.
The report ranks 5 countries which collectively contain over 90 percent of. Before this groundbreaking report, little comprehensive data existedeven the size of the gap was unknown. They matter because gender equality is a core development objective in its own. The report measures womens disadvantage compared to men, and is not a measure of equality of the gender gap. Which countries are closest to equality and which are lagging behind. In addition, a special report on gender equality in the three. World economic forum reports may be republished in accordance with our terms. Download the full global gender gap report by wef pdf download full raw data csv. Scores range from 0 to 1, with a perfect score of 1 meaning there is no gender gap in that category. Mar 08, 2017 is there a gender gap in scholarly research. Nov 02, 2017 the global gender gap report 2017 benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensions.
The world economic forum released its global gender gap index this week, suggesting we have to wait another 170 years for worldwide. The global gender gap index 2012 ranking, world economic forum, viewed 26th october, 2012. The seventh annual world economic forum global gender gap report 2012 ranks nordic countries in top spots, with iceland, finland, norway and sweden having. 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 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. Nov 18, 2015 with a decade of data, this edition of the global gender gap report first published in 2006 reveal the pattern of change around the world relative to the 109 continuously covered countries. Through the global gender gap report, the world economic forum quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over time, with a specific focus on the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas. Gap at a glance picture this international monetary fund.