from the International Monetary Fund
— this post authored by Lijun Li
Gender equality is not just the right thing to do – it also makes good economic sense. Yet across the world, women are still a long way off from achieving gender parity with men, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum.
The 2018 Global Gender Gap Index finds that women have reached 68 percent parity overall, leaving a gap of 32 percent. The report measures the gender gap in four main areas: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.
To stay competitive, then, countries must make gender equality a priority. The report points to potential role models by revealing those countries that – within their region or income group – are leaders in distributing resources more equitably between women and men, regardless of the overall level of resources.
Source
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/03/global-gender-gap-report-infographic-wef-picture.htm
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Prepared by LIJUN LI, communications officer, IMF. Text and charts are based on the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2018.
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