Context:
India was ranked 127 among 146 countries in gender parity — up eight places from last year’s place — in the Gender Gap Report, 2023 of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
About Global Gender Gap Index:
- It annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity.
- Four Key Dimensions:
- Economic Participation and Opportunity
- Educational Attainment
- Health and Survival
- Political Empowerment
- On each of the four sub-indices as well as on the overall index the GGG index provides scores between 0 and 1, where 1 shows full gender parity and 0 is complete imparity.
- It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception in 2006.
Findings related to India:
- India had improved by 1.4 percentage points from then, marking a partial recovery towards its 2020 parity level.
- India was ranked 135 in 2022. India had closed 64.3% of the overall gender gap.
- Parity in School Enrolment:
- India had attained parity in enrolment across all levels of education.
- Economic Parity:
- India had reached only 36.7% parity in economic participation and opportunity.
- There had been an uptick in parity in wages and income.
- The share of women in senior positions and technical roles had dropped slightly since the last edition.
- Parity on Political Empowerment:
- India has registered 25.3% parity, with women making up 15.1% of MPs.
- India is one of the countries with 44.4% that has achieved women’s representation of over 40% in local governance.
- Gender Parity at Birth:
- India has achieved gender parity at birth at 92.7%.
- The 1.9 percentage point improvement in sex ratio at birth had driven up parity after more than a decade.
Global rankings
- No country has yet achieved full gender parity.
- Top nine countries:
- For the 14th year, Iceland is the most gender-equal country by having closed 91.2% of its gap.
- Only nine countries have closed at least 80% of their gap: Iceland, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany, Nicaragua, Namibia and Lithuania.
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| Additional Information
About World Economic Forum:
- Also known as: International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.
- Established in: 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation
- Founder: Klaus Schwab
- Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland.
- It is independent, impartial and not tied to any special interests.
- The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
- Other WEF Reports:
- The Future of Jobs Report
- Global Risks Report
- Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report
- Global Competitiveness Report
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June 22, 2023