World economic forum reports may be republished in accordance with our terms. One important indicator of competency is educational attainment. The millennium development goals report united nations. Saharan africa, where the gender gap has actually widened, with the gpi falling from 0. A gender gap in wage payment may result from either competence differences or discrimination. This article uses feminist critiques of science and science education to explore the. The second part of this chapter presents the 2010 rankings, global patterns and regional performance and calls attention to notable country cases.
Now in its 14th year, the global gender gap report 2020 benchmarks 153 countries on their progress towards gender parity in four dimensions. Global gender gap report 2010 reports world economic forum. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. Looking at a recent report from the world economic forum entitled the global gender gap report 2009 we see that northerneuropean countries seem to be doing the best job at reducing the gendergap. The global gender gap index 2010 is the result of collaboration with faculty at harvard university and the university of california, berkeley. Economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival and political empowerment. 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.
Womens work 7 women in agriculture 7 women in rural labour markets 16 key messages 22 3. This report reveals those countries that are role models in dividing resources equitably between women and men,regardless of their level. The global gender gap report was introduced by the world economic forum in 2006 to analyze disparities between genders in a worldwide context. Regarding this general definition, gender equality in education is when female and male students have the same right to and access to educational opportunities. 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. The global gender gap report 2010 is published by the world economic forum. In cloud computing, just 12% of professionals are women. The global gender gap report 2016, an annual benchmarking exercise by the world economic forum wef, found that despite prime minister shinzo abes push for women to play a greater role in society, the nation had done little to make more use of its female talent since its ranking at 101st last year. Human development research paper 201046 measuring key.
Global report on women in tourism second edition world. The 1995 global report on gender highlighted areas of progress, but also noted that women still outnumbered men two to one in terms of illiteracy in 1995, and girls constituted around 60 percent of those without access to primary school. January 2017 slow progress in adding more women to boards has dominated the conversation. The gender gap in educational attainment has been gradually narrowed since the market. The reduction in the gap from 2002 to 2007 was particularly strong in latin america and the caribbean, the. You can learn far more in this report about the strong business case for investing in women. Wage inequality within enterprises, particularly the large ones, has become. 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 equality act 2010 gender pay gap information regulations 2017 require relevant uk employers with 250 or more employees to publish information on their gender pay gap. The global gender gap index examines the gap between men and women in four fundamental categories. In addition, this years report examines gender gap prospects in the professions of the future. This is particularly the case in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects stem, which are largely male dominated.
Global differences between women and men in the prevalence of obesity. Global, regional and national reports have investigated and exposed key dimensions of gender disparities. Gender equality is defined in oxford dictionary as the state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender. Shaping the gender balance of tomorrow fujitsu global. This second edition of the report considers how the situation has evolved since then and provides a thorough assessment of tourisms contribution towards united nations sustainable development goal 5 to. A lack of gender equality in career opportunity and long work hours perpetuate wage differences between men and women. Global gender gap the home of great south african news. Looking to the future, the report reveals that the greatest challenge preventing the economic gender gap from closing is womens underrepresentation in emerging roles. The global gender gap index, coauthored by fiona greig, ricardo hausmann, laura d. The gender gap report ignores the division of unpaid labor, including childcare, leaving open the real possibility that even if the economic gap is seemingly closing women will be handicapped by the double day wherein they both engage in paid employment and remain overwhelmingly responsible for unpaid work for example see lombardo and meier.
The second was a onesided scale that measures how close women are to. The global report on women in tourism 2010 provided the first look and a baseline study on the situation of women in the tourism sector. Global gender gap report in 2006 to provide a public, globally relevant tool that delivers information on how countries are faring on gender equality. Global gender gap report 2010 world economic forum. Forum reports that, in 2010, the global gender gap in educational attainment in many of these regions has almost. The global gender gap report was first published in 2006 by the world economic.
At the world economic forum professor klaus schwab founder and executive chairman saadia zahidi director, constituent communities. 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. Gsma connected women the mobile gender gap report 2018 gsma connected women the mobile gender gap report 2018 the gsma represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies. Understanding the 20 global gender gap report women. Documenting the gender gap in agriculture 23 land 23 livestock 24 farm labour 26. Since then, this report, and the other initiatives of the gender parity programme, have generated. Global gender gap report 2010 this report reveals those countries that are role models in dividing resources equitably between women and men,regardless of their level published on. Global differences between women and men in the prevalence. Japan is not making progress in gender equality, at least relative to the rest of the world. This deeprooted inequality underpins and perpetuates nationally high rates of violence against women and girls vawg. The global gender gap index is an index designed to measure gender equality the index is designed to measure gender based gaps in access to resources and opportunities in countries rather than the actual levels of the available resources and. Consideration of the third periodic report of the new zealand government. The global gender gap report 2008 world economic forum. In addition, our global agenda council on the gender gap, an expert council, is developing proposals to promote gender equality at a global level by sharing success stories across sectors.
I have just modified 2 external links on global gender gap report. Similarly, in engineering and data and ai, the numbers are 15% and 26% respectively. 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. Presently, the main advisory groups work concentrates on examining emerging. Global gender gap report 2010 measuring the global gender gap 5 to absolute equality. Nordic countries show the greatest equality between men and women. Unsd serves as secretariat of the interagency and expert group on gender statistics iaeggs, the coordinating and guiding body of the global gender statistics programme. Global gender gap report 2020 world economic forum. To compare the gender log wage gap with albrecht et al. The global gender gap report 2016 how does sa rank. These countries have the fairest systems with equitable pay, education, political representation, and social benefits. Tyson and saadia zahidi, was first introduced in the world economic forums global gender gap report 2006. 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 iaeggs was first convened in 2006, meets annually and functions through advisory groups.
The coauthors are deeply grateful to annabel guinault and amey soo for their excellent support in the production of. Lessons learned conflict and gender sensitive programming. Young people in countries considered to be at the forefront of gender equity still tend to choose very traditional science subjects and careers. According to the report s introduction, these rankings.