India slips to 114th rank out of 142 in gender equality in the workplace: WEF
Updated: Oct 29, 2014 01:13:40pm
New Delhi, Oct 29 (KNN) India has slipped to 114th rank out of 142, making it the lowest ranked BRICS nation and one of the few countries where female labour force participation is shrinking, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
“Through the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracks their progress over time.” It... “seeks to measure one important aspect of gender equality: the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas: health, education, economy and politics,” the report said.
While Iceland ranks 1, Yemen comes in last at 142. Other Nordic countries have done well too – Finland (2), Norway (3), Sweden (4) and Denmark (5). Further, Nicaragua, Rwanda and the Philippines make the top 10.
The ranks of other South Asian countries are - Pakistan (141), Sri Lanka (79), Bangladesh (68), and Nepal (112).
As far as the BRICS countries are concerned, Brazil comes in at 71, South Africa at 18, Russian Federation at 75, and China at 87.
However, India has scored remarkably well on the political empowerment criteria coming in at 15. This segment has taken into account the number of women in parliament and ministerial positions as well as years with female head of state.
Scores that pulled India down are in the health and survival criteria (141) which considered the sex ratio at birth and healthy life expectancy. In educational attainment too India scored poorly at 126, having taken into account literacy rate, enrolment in primary, secondary and tertiary education.
The same goes for the economic participation and opportunity criteria with India coming in at 134. Factors considered for this category are – labour force participation, wage equality for similar work, estimated earned income, legislators, senior officials and managers; and professional and technical workers.
According to a release by the World Economic Forum, in nine years of measuring the global gender gap, the world has seen only a small improvement in equality for women in the workplace.
In the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the gender gap for economic participation and opportunity now stands at 60 per cent worldwide, having closed by 4 per cent from 56 per cent in 2006 when the Forum first started measuring it. Based on this trajectory, with all else remaining equal, it will take 81 years for the world to close this gap completely.
Under that premise, 2095 will be the year of gender equality in the workplace, maybe, it said. (KNN/ES)
“Through the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracks their progress over time.” It... “seeks to measure one important aspect of gender equality: the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas: health, education, economy and politics,” the report said.
While Iceland ranks 1, Yemen comes in last at 142. Other Nordic countries have done well too – Finland (2), Norway (3), Sweden (4) and Denmark (5). Further, Nicaragua, Rwanda and the Philippines make the top 10.
The ranks of other South Asian countries are - Pakistan (141), Sri Lanka (79), Bangladesh (68), and Nepal (112).
As far as the BRICS countries are concerned, Brazil comes in at 71, South Africa at 18, Russian Federation at 75, and China at 87.
However, India has scored remarkably well on the political empowerment criteria coming in at 15. This segment has taken into account the number of women in parliament and ministerial positions as well as years with female head of state.
Scores that pulled India down are in the health and survival criteria (141) which considered the sex ratio at birth and healthy life expectancy. In educational attainment too India scored poorly at 126, having taken into account literacy rate, enrolment in primary, secondary and tertiary education.
The same goes for the economic participation and opportunity criteria with India coming in at 134. Factors considered for this category are – labour force participation, wage equality for similar work, estimated earned income, legislators, senior officials and managers; and professional and technical workers.
According to a release by the World Economic Forum, in nine years of measuring the global gender gap, the world has seen only a small improvement in equality for women in the workplace.
In the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, the gender gap for economic participation and opportunity now stands at 60 per cent worldwide, having closed by 4 per cent from 56 per cent in 2006 when the Forum first started measuring it. Based on this trajectory, with all else remaining equal, it will take 81 years for the world to close this gap completely.
Under that premise, 2095 will be the year of gender equality in the workplace, maybe, it said. (KNN/ES)
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