Important facts on Gender Gap Report 2021 by W.E.F.
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- Categories General Studies 1
- Date April 7, 2021
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About Global Gender Gap Report
- It was first published in 2006 by the WEF.
- It benchmarks 156 countries on their progress towards gender parity in four dimensions:
- Economic Participation and Opportunity,
- Educational Attainment,
- Health and Survival and
- Political Empowerment.
- Over the Index, the highest possible score is 1 (equality) and the lowest possible score is 0 (inequality).
India's performance in the Report
Overall Ranking:
- India is now one of the worst performers in South Asia, it is now ranked 140 among 156 countries.
- In South Asia, Bangladesh ranked 65, Nepal 106, Pakistan 153, Afghanistan 156, Bhutan 130 and Sri Lanka 116.
- India had ranked 112th among 153 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020.
- Political Empowerment:
- India has declined on the political empowerment index as well by 13.5 percentage points, and a decline in the number of women ministers, from 23.1% in 2019 to 9.1% in 2021.
- However, it has still performed relatively well compared to other countries, ranking at 51 in women’s participation in politics.
- Education Attainment:
- In the index of education attainment, India has been ranked at 114.
- Economic Participation:
- The report notes that the economic participation gender gap actually widened in India by 3% this year.
- The share of women in professional and technical roles declined further to 29.2%.
- The share of women in senior and managerial positions also is at 14.6% and only 8.9% firms in the country have top female managers.
- The estimated earned income of women in India is only one-fifth of men’s, which puts the country among the bottom 10 globally on this indicator.
- In Pakistan and Afghanistan, the income of an average woman is below 16% of that of an average man, while in India it is 20.7%.
- Health and Survival index:
- On this India has fared the worst, ranking at 155.
- The only country to have fared worse is China.
- On this India has fared the worst, ranking at 155.
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