Context:
Women want change, society needs change | The Hindu Opinion
About Global Gender Gap (GGG) Report:
- Released by – World Economic Forum.
- It benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across 4 key dimensions.
- It provides scores between 0 and 1, where 1 shows full gender parity and 0 is complete imparity.
Key findings of Global Gender Gap (GGG) Report 2023:
- At the current rate of progress, it will take 131 years to reach full parity.
- Toppers – Iceland (91.2%), Norway (87.9%) and Finland (86.3%)
- Finding related to India –
- India has ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender equality.
- India has improved 1.4% points and 8 places from its earlier rank of 135 from 2022 index.
- India has attained better parity in education enrolment than in 2022.
- However, it has reached only 36.7% parity on Economic Participation and Opportunity and 25.3% parity On Political Empowerment.
- Bangladesh (59), China (107), Nepal (116), Sri Lanka (115) and Bhutan (103) fared better than India on Gender parity.
About World Economic Forum:
- International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation established in 1971.
- Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
- Aim – To demonstrate entrepreneurship in the global public interest while upholding the highest standards of governance.
- Major reports published by WEF –
- Energy Transition Index
- Global Competitiveness Report
- Global Gender Gap Report
- Global Risk Report
- Global Travel and Tourism Report
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
Which of the following gives ‘Global Gender Gap Index’ ranking to the countries of the world?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2017 Prelims]
(a) World Economic Forum
(b) UN Human Rights Council
(c) UN Women
(d) World Health Organization
Answer: (a)
