Gender gap Index -reflections for newer Insight- its about gender equality.

1. REFLECTIONS FOR NEWER INSIGHT
S. DETCHANAMURTHY,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SRI VENATESWARA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, KARAIKAL

2. GENDER GAP
The difference between women and men, especially
as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural,
or economic attainments or attitudes

3. GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX
• The Global Gender Gap Index was introduced
by the World Economic Forum to examine four
critical areas of inequality between men and
women:
• 1. Economic participation and opportunity
• 2. Educational attainment
• 3. Political empowerment
• 4. Health and survival

5. • India was ranked 108th on the annual
GGPI compiled by World Economic
Forum(Geneva).
• India has closed its gender gap by 2
percent in a year and its gap now stands
at 68 per cent across the four pillars that
WEF measures – economy, education,
health and political representation.
India’s Current GGPI

6. • The major improvement has been in
education where “ India has managed to
close its gap entirely in primary and
secondary education.
• WEF said, “In the economic sphere,
much work remains to be done.” India
ranks 136 in this pillar out of 144
countries.

7. • On educational attainment, India was
ranked at 113th place: in terms of health
and survival, it was placed at a lowly 142.
• While on political empowerment it was
among the top 10 countries.

8. • Pakistan scores on the four pillars have not
improved much from past years. Its ranking in
the economic participation and opportunity and
education attainment indexes have not changed
since 2015.
• But on the health and survival pillar, Pakistan
has moved one rank from 125 last year to 124
this year.
• On political empowerment, Pakistan has been
ranked 90th as compared to 87th the previous
year.

9. In South Asia - India the top ranker
• In South Asia, Bangladesh and India are the
top ranked countries having closed 70
performing countries and 68 performing
countries of their overall gender gap
respectively.
• While the lowest ranked are Bhutan and
Pakistan, having closed 64pc and 56pc of their
overall gender gap, respectively

10. • No country in the region has fully closed its
Educational Attainment gender gap, but over
the past decade on the overall index and on
educational attainment, Nepal is one of the
top five climbers.

11. Top and Least Nations at GGPI
• Globally the leading four nations continue to
be Scandinavian:
1. Iceland, 2. Finland, 3. Norway, and
4. Sweden
Yemen was followed by Pakistan and Syria as
the least equal nations; incredibly Saudi
Arabia, the only country in the world that
prohibits women from driving.

12. To get newer insights….
We should know the glimpses of
Laws and Standard
Practices of
Iceland
on Gender Equality

13. Women’s Equality literally protected
by law
• Established in the year
2000, revamped in 2008
• Government and
business to follow
• Gender discrimination,
gaps in wages, gender
based violence in any
form surely be
penalized.

14. Equal pay for Equal work is mandatory
• It requires companies to
prove they pay
employees equal rates
for equal work or pay
the fine.
• Parliament is expected
to pass the bill to make
gender wage
discrimination s illegal.

15. Companies boards must include at
least 40% women
• More women in seats of
power to reduce
corruption
• Any company with
more than 25
employees must have
gender equality
program in place, which
will review goals every
three years.

16. Best Parental Leave Policy in the World
• As per 2006 Icelandic
Act(amendment),
increased Parental
leave(divided for both)
from six to nine months
covers birth, adoption &
foster care for all
employees.
• Even who are self
employed paying 80%
earned salary to new
parents

17. Kids learns GE matters from pre school
• Equality lessons don’t
stop(early education to
university)
• All sports, classes and
forms of schooling must
include and practice GE
• Educational materials and
textbooks shall be
designed in such a way
(As per article 23 of the Act
on Equal status)

18. No advertisement may depreciate any
gender
• Paying for sex is illegal
from 2007 onwards
• Banned strip clubs
from 2009 onwards
• No business may profit
from nudity of
employees (as per
revised law)

19. Government of Gender Likeness
• Country created agency
These will research,
advertise and check laws
on GE
• It includes (3 parts) Equal
status council, Complaint
committee and Centre for
Equality
• To create legal, cultural,
historical, social and
psychological approach to
GE

20. India is our Mother land
• We are calling our
country as ‘Bharat
maatha’ language as
‘Mother language’,
worshipping
‘Goddesses’.
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21. We are seeking meaningful
change in everyday lives of
average woman or girl the
world over, change that leads
to a happier, healthier quality
of life and not just a seat in a
political office.