Despite these gender differences, women are not represented equally in the. The most important of these are occupation and full or parttime employment, and to a much. Measuring the global gender gap 10 the global gender gap report 2015 table 4. The global gender gap index featured in the 2015 report ranks over 140 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, healthbased. In the eu, less than 16% of tertiary institutions were headed by. Jan 17, 2020 the statistic shows the global gender gap index of top 50 countries for 2020. In 1995, 126 member states had ratified the equal remuneration convention, 1951 no. If the current trend continues, economic gender equality will not be achieved for at least another 217 years world economic forum 2017. Slovenia is currently ranked 51st in the world economic forum s global gap report 2008. We are convinced that gender lens investing, a strategy. We found a 26% gap in the shortfall between the median 45yearold man and the median.
It has the largest disparities in economic participation and opportunities for men and women, and one of the greatest differences in literacy rates between. The world economic forum global gender gap report 2015 showed that sri lanka has been slipping from its privileged position in the top 20 since 2010. One thing that i feel very passionately about, is that we wouldnt be where we are without our brilliant. The global gender gap report, published by the world economic forum, provides a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender based disparities around the world. Social pressures and norms influence gender roles and often shape the types of occupations and career paths which men and women follow, and therefore their. It outlines the following statistics for tarmac as a whole, and for our subsidiaries. Past research by lawless has focused on the enduring gender gap in political ambition. Economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. India has climbed 21 spots from 108th position in 2015. The global gender gap index featured in the 2015 report ranks over 140 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, healthbased and political indicators. Uk entities gender pay gap report 2019 credit suisse. Who holds the keys to closing the gender parity gap. The ons analyse the factors that explain wage differentials between men and women. The report measures gender gap as progress towards parity between men and women in four areas i educational attainment, ii health and survival, iii economic.
The global gender gap report 2015 weforum world economic. Oct 27, 2016 the wef reports that womens average earnings are almost half those of men. The global gender gap index 2015 ranks 145 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, healthbased and political indicators. The social institutions and gender index sigi measures gender based discrimination in social norms, practices and laws across 160 countries. Successfully harnessing and mobilising half of the worlds total talent pool has a huge impact on the growth, competitiveness and futurereadiness of economies and organisations across. We nd that the gaps have shrunk quite sharply between men and women in most indicators. Gender pay gap report 2017 has been an exciting year for the weetabix food company, with new owners, a change in leadership, continued growth, and our weetabix brand sales exceeding. At the world economic forum professor klaus schwab founder and executive chairman borge brende managing director saadia zahidi. Global gender gap report ricardo hausmann,harvard university laura d. The latest global gender gap report from the world economic forum found that the global workplace gender gap appears to be widening at an alarming rate. Is the gender gap narrowing in science and engineering. The global gender gap index 20 is the result of collaboration with faculty at harvard university and the university of california, berkeley. This is comparable with the energy sectors mean gender pay gap of 26. Last year we set a target that at least 40 per cent of our senior leaders would be female by 2021.
Nov 01, 2017 the global gender gap will take 100 years to close at the current rate of change, according to new world economic forum research. Measuring the global gender gap of the top 20 performing countries on the index, 14 are from the region two more than last year. The economic gender gap wont be closed for another 217 years. Mobile access and usage in low and middleincome countries, a reportthat examines mobile phone ownership by women, as well as the. The global gender gap index 2015 world economic forum.
Nov 02, 2017 the global gender gap report 2017 benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensions. Now in its 14th year, the global gender gap report 2020 benchmarks 153 countries on their progress towards gender parity in four dimensions. The economic case for reducing gender gaps in the labour. Global gender gap report shows urgent action needed. This is our second gender pay gap report, produced in line with government requirements for businesses of 250 or more employees. The index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education, and healthbased criteria. The gender gap index 2016 benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, educational and health criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons. The uk national average, according to the office for national statistics, is 18. Global gender gap report shows urgent action needed gender parity is an important achievement that strongly influences whether economies and societies advance. India ranks 87th on the wefs global gender gap report 2016. Mar 08, 2017 the reports authors note that this may be the result of the countrys efforts to improve gender disparity through policy, such as banning gender discrimination in school textbooks, and initiatives to promote the participation of girls and women in stem such as the portuguese association of women in science, rails girls, girls lean in. Ia members have a median pay gap of 31%, in line with our wider analysis of the gender pay gap reports from the sector. Development goals in 2015, it is turning its attention from.
Global gender gap will take 100 years to close, says wef. The gender pay gap for academics remains at 12%, driven by large gaps for professors and senior academics the overall mean and median gender pay gap for staff on academic contracts is 12. Out of the 115 countries covered in the 2009 world economic forums report, since 2006 more than twothirds have posted gains in overall gender gap index scores, indicating that the world, in general, has made progress toward lessening inequities the global gender gap report 2009. Swiss gender parity ranking shows slow progress swi swissinfo.
Consideration of the third periodic report of the new zealand government. In economic terms, the gap has closed by only 3% with progress. Global gender gap report 2020 world economic forum. Gender pay vs equal pay gender pay gap the gender pay gap is an equality measure that shows the difference between the average earnings of men and women across the company. The findings in this report analyse the gender pay gap and balance within he and compares them with other parts of the uk economy where data are available. Women are still a staggering 118 years away from closing the gender gapin terms of labor market opportunity, education, health, and political clout. Uk employee base, following the introduction of gender pay gap legislation in 2017. Iceland consistently has been ranked first in gender equality in the global gender gap report since 2009. Geneva, switzerland, 19 november 2015 the gap between men and women in health, education, economic opportunity and political representation has closed by 4% in the past 10 years, according to the world economic forums global gender gap report 2015, which launched today. A 2011 study by lawless and richard fox found that 45 percent of surveyed women had considered running for office, compared to 62 percent of men the same 16 percentage point gap, albeit at lower percentages, that existed in 2001.
The wefs annual report into gender equality found increasing. Global gender gap report the illustrated empathy gap. Rankings by subindex, 2015 country rank score norway 1 0. The global gender gap report 2015 3 the global gender gap index was first introduced by the world economic forum in 2006 as a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender based disparities and tracking their progress. The global gender gap index was first introduced by the world economic forum in 2006 as a framework for capturing the magnitude of genderbased disparities and tracking their progress over time. The global gender gap report 20 is published by the world economic forum. The global gender gap report 2010 is published by the world economic forum. It is almost insulting that the authors do not even try to hide their fraudulence.
The report measures womens disadvantage compared to men, and is not a measure of equality of the gender gap. The united nations has highlighted six areas where work needs to be done in relation to gender equality. More women in the labour market, but gender gap still wide since 1995, important progress has been made in the number of member states that have formally committed to promoting gender equality with a view to eliminating discrimination, and ensuring equal pay. Oct 26, 2016 india has been ranked 87th out of 144 countries on the world economic forums wef global gender gap report 2016. Nov 01, 2017 the gender gap there was only 22 percent. Though on a yearonyear basis, the gender pay gap has narrowed by about five percentage points from 24. No country in the world has fully closed the gender gap, but four out of the five nordic countries and ireland have closed more than 80% of it. We then look at what the size of this gap means relative to. In addition, this years edition also analyses the dynamics of gender gaps across industry talent. Gender pay gap our median gender pay gap based on ordinary pay1 is 14. According to its data, the gap between men and women in terms of economic participation and opportunity is now larger. At the world economic forum professor klaus schwab founder and executive chairman saadia zahidi director, constituent communities.
The labour market remains gender segregated horizontally and vertically. Measuring the global gender gap 3 the global gender gap index 2016 3 measuring the global gender gap 7 results and analysis 24 progress over time 24 gender gaps and income 25 the case for gender parity 28 gender parity and human capital 36 conclusion 41 appendices 41 appendix a. This finding implies a very low rate of return to education for all the sample, men and women, and a slight gender gap or difference in the rate of return to education in favour of women at only 0. The median bonus gap sits much higher at 56% even though the proportions of men and women receiving a bonus are very. The evolution of gender gaps in india faculty of arts.
The world economic forum global gender gap report 2011 published in november list switzerland as 10th of 5, narrowly before germany and spain, but clearly behind scandinavian countries such as iceland, norway finland and sweden which have got rid of more than 80 % of their gender inequality. The press has been reporting on the world economic forums global gender gap report 2014 recently. The evolution of gender gaps in india shampa bhattacharjee, viktoria hnatkovska and amartya lahiriy january 2015 abstract we examine the evolution of gender gaps in india between 1983 and 2010 in education, occupation choices and wagess. We pooled all available country measures on adolescent boys and girls academic achievement between 2000 and 2015 from the program for international student. In the latest report published in 2015, north america, europe and central asia lead the. Nov 18, 2015 the global gender gap index featured in the 2015 report ranks over 140 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, healthbased.
The reports gender gap index ranks countries according to calculated gender gap between women and men in four key areas. In addition, this years report examines gender gap prospects in the professions of the future. The global gender gap report 2016 iii v preface 1 part 1. Table 3 displays the 2015 index and subindex rankings, organized from highest to lowest by rank, on the overall index. Austria, finland, france and latvia are the four countries from the region that have fully closed both their educational attainment and health and survival gender gaps. Sri lankas gender gap increased over the last year and gender equality ranking declined from a 79 in 2014 to an 84 this year out of 145 countries, a report released wednesday by the world economic forum showed. Economic forums last global gender gap report, the situation of women actually worsened for the second year in a row in 2017. As per the report, men with 02 years of experience, earned 7. The global gender gap index 2010 is the result of collaboration with faculty at harvard university and the university of california, berkeley. Executive summary this year in the annual gender gap in financial wellness report, we introduce an example of the practical implications of the gender gap for the retirement shortfall of the median 45yearold employee. This year is the 10th edition of the index, allowing for timeseries analysis on the.
Through the global gender gap report, the world economic forum quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over time, with a specific focus on the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas. Equality report, and the olympic movement stakeholders. Gender pay gap report 2018 pension protection fund. Switzerland ranks in top ten regarding gender equality. The global gender gap index featured in the 2015 report ranks over 140 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female. Lander nach alphabetisierungsrate mannerfrauen 2015. Both the state and the evolution of gender gaps highlight how relevant the. It will take 118 years to close the global gender wage gap. We believe that idb invest, the private sector institution of the interamerican development bank group, has a role to play in accelerating that progress. With a decade of data, this edition of the global gender gap report first published in 2006 shows that while the world has made progress overall.
Oct 26, 2016 the global gender gap report 2016 iii v preface 1 part 1. Rapporto global gender gap del world economic forum. Global gender gap grows for first time in 11 years cbs news. The global gender gap index humanitarian data exchange. The gender pay gap is a longstanding phenomenon and its causes are complex.
Global gender gap report swiss gender parity ranking shows slow progress. Global gender gap report 2015, among 145 economies, georgia ranked 82, azerbaijan 96, and armenia 105, on how well they use their female talent pool, based on economic. World economic forum, 2017 global gender gap report in the political and economic arenas, progress has been especially fraught. The global gender gap report 2015 is published by the. According to the 2015 world economic forum gender gap report, yemen has the biggest average gender gap of the 145 countries surveyed. While there has been progress in reducing gaps in education. Whether it is our amazing culture, our incredible partnerships, our passion for leadership development, training, education, coaching and mentoring, there is no doubt. As part of this commitment, each member of our senior executive team now has a personal objective linked to our internal targets on gender diversity, the outcomes of which are measured to determine their bonus pay. Tyson,university of california, berkeley saadia zahidi,world economic forum 2009 the global gender gap report 2009 cover. As an early advocate for gender data disclosure, columbia threadneedle supports gender pay gap reporting, recognising that. Gender pay gap scenario daunting in india, women get paid. Global gender gap report 2015 reports world economic forum. It is expressed as a % difference against mens earnings.
Principally because of slow progress in reducing gender gaps in political empowerment, economic participation and opportunity, cambodia is ranked 99 out of 144 countries in the 2017 global gender gap report. Gender imbalances to the advantage of women do not affect the score. Gender pay gap report 2018 introduction from neil piper, chief people officer you often hear that kfc is a people business that happens to sell chicken and i couldnt agree more. This report presents data calculated on 5 april 2019 and shows the difference in average earnings between men and woman employees. The gender gap index 2015 benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, educational and health criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons. Gender equality rankings according to the world economic forums the global gender gap report 2016.
The global gender gap index the global gender gap index seeks to measure one important aspect of gender equality. As a second step, these ratios are truncated at the equality benchmark. Global gender gap report 2015 world economic forum. Gender pay gap mean and median gender bonus gap mean and median bonus data pay quartile data. Nov 08, 2017 as it stands, the overall gender gap will take 100 years to close based on current trends across the 106 countries covered since the reports inception, compared to 83 years reported last year. The gender pay gap equality and human rights commission. Oct 27, 2014 the global gender gap report, published by the world economic forum, provides a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender based disparities around the world. Economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival and political empowerment.