Global Gender Gap Report 2013: Civil Services Mentor Magazine - December 2013

GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2013

• Highlights of the Report (Free Available)

• India Performance (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)

• Top ten best performing Countries (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)

• About Global Gender Gap Report (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)

Global Gender Gap Report 2013, which was published on 25 October 2013 by World Economic Forum- India was ranked 101 out of 136 countries on Gender Gap index. In 2012 Report, India secured 105th position in the Gender Gap Index of 135 countries. The Global Gender Gap Report 2013 Report revealed that world’s gender gaps narrowed slightly in 2013 on the back of “definite if not universal improvements” in economic equality and political participation between the sexes. The worst performing countries are Yemen (136), Pakisthan (135) and Chad (134).

The Report measures the size of the gender inequality gap in four areas:

1. Economic participation and opportunity – salaries, participation and highly skilled employment

2. Educational attainment – access to basic and higher levels of education

3. Political empowerment – representation in decisionmaking structures

4. Health and survival – life expectancy and sex ratio

Highlights of the Report

1. The Global Gender Gap Report 2013 finds 86 out of 133 countries improved their global gender gap between 2012 and 2013, with the area of political participation seeing the greatest progress.

2. Iceland has the narrowest gender gap in the world, followed by Finland, Norway and Sweden.

3. Data indicates overall slight gains in gender parity mask the emergence of twin-track paths towards economic equality in many countries and regions.

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