
7 surprising and outrageous stats about gender inequality
2019年3月8日 · At the current rate of progress, it will take another 108 years to reach gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s most recent Global Gender Gap report. Across the 106 countries covered since the first edition of the report, the biggest gaps to close are in the economic and political empowerment dimensions, which will take 202 ...
Global Gender Gap Report 2023 - The World Economic Forum
2023年6月20日 · The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps …
5 ways to improve gender equality in the workplace - The World …
2021年3月8日 · The gender pay gap measures the difference in average earnings between male and female employees. In 2020, women worldwide earned 81 cents for every US dollar earned by men, according to Statista. While this has improved over the years – up from 74 cents in 2015 – more work is needed, particularly as women are still less likely to negotiate ...
Getting girls into STEM can help close the gender health gap
2024年10月14日 · The reasons for this vary from the fact women are more likely to take antibiotics in their lifetime and are more likely to be healthcare workers – coming into contact with pathogens – to the risk of exposure to pathogens during childbirth in non-sterile settings, lack of adequate sanitation for women in low and middle-income countries or exposure to bacteria in …
Global Gender Gap Report 2024 | World Economic Forum
2024年6月11日 · The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time …
15 strategies helping to close the gender gap around the world
2022年3月3日 · The time it will take to close the gender gap grew by 36 years in just 12 months, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021. This means it will now take an estimated 135.6 years for men and women to reach parity, according to the report, which assesses areas including economic participation and opportunity ...
What is the gender gap (and why is it getting wider)?
2017年11月1日 · The report quotes recent estimates that suggest economic gender parity could add an additional $250 billion to the GDP of the UK, $1,750 billion to that of the US and $2.5 trillion to China’s GDP. At the current rate of progress the overall global gender gap will take a hundred years to close, while the gap in the workplace will now not be ...
The gender health gap: It's more than a women’s issue. Here’s why
2024年2月21日 · Closing this 'gender health gap' would enable more women to join the workforce, potentially boosting the global economy by $1 trillion. A new World Economic Forum and McKinsey Health Institute report highlights the vital need to strive for gender parity in health.
Five stories that show women fighting sexism around the world
2016年5月9日 · Women’s empowerment and gender equality are recognized as key factors for success for this ambitious agenda. UN Women’s “From where I stand” series presents snapshots from women's lives around the world to showcase how their struggles illustrate the problems each SDG seeks to address, and how women are at the center of bringing about ...
This is the state of gender parity in the film industry in 2024
2024年3月8日 · Gender inequality at the Oscars is indicative of trends in the wider film industry, and society as a whole, as the research shows. Out of the 100 highest-grossing films for 2023, only 30 featured women and girls in lead and co-lead roles, down from 44 films in 2022—and the same number as 2010.