The document discusses the economic benefits of gender equity and reducing the global gender gap. Three key points: 1) Studies by the World Economic Forum have found a positive correlation between a country's GDP per capita and their score on the Global Gender Gap Index, providing evidence that greater gender equity is economically beneficial. 2) Closing the gender gap could increase global GDP substantially. For example, if all US states matched the fastest progressing states in gender parity, US GDP would be $2.1 trillion higher by 2025, a 10% increase. 3) Over 800 million women will enter the global workforce in the next decade, representing significant untapped economic growth potential if gender barriers are reduced. Matching

1. The case for gender equity

4. WEF studies prove that GDP per capita actually
correlates with Global Gender Gap
Part 1: The Global Gender Gap and its Implications
Slovak Republic. In six countries there were gains of
more than 10%: Bangladesh, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
Ireland and Switzerland. Figure B1 displays these changes
the Global Competitiveness Index 2014-2015 and
Global Gender Gap Index 2014. The graphs confirm a
correlation between gender equality and GDP per capita,
GDPpercapita(constant2005international$)
Figure 25: GDP per capita vs Gobal Gender Gap Index 2014
Source: Global Gender Gap Index 2014 and the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (WDI) online database, accessed July 2014.
Note: The Global Gender Gap Index axis has been truncated to enhance readability.
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Global Gender Gap Index 2014 score (0.00-1.00 scale)
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5. common myths About Working Women
Relationship between GDP per capita and
the Global Gender Gap Index 2013 score
Source: Global Gender Gap Index 2013 and the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (WDI) online database, accessed May 2013.
Note: The Global Gender Gap Index has been truncated to enhance readability
GDPpercapita(constant2005international$)
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Norway
Iceland
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6. Booz & Company
September 2012
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Close to 1 Billion women, the “Third Billion,” will enter the global
economy during the coming decade
Overview of the Third Billion
Source: ILO data; Booz & Company analysis
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Women that have received neither sufficient education nor
social/political support
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support
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Economies
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Economies
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Women outside the Economic System
(2020, in millions)
865 million women will enter
the economic mainstream in the
coming decade, constituting the
Third Billion—in reference to the
billion-plus respective populations
of China and India

7. Booz & Company
Our estimates confirm the significant untapped economic growth
potential that the Third Billion represents
September 2012
Potential Economic Impact of Women’s Economic Empowerment
GDP Impact of Matching Female to Male Employment Rates
(% of GDP)
U.S.
5%
U.K.
5%
Japan
9%
South
Africa
10%
Argentina
12%
IndiaEgypt
12%
27%
34%
UAE
Source: Booz & Company analysis
Angel Gurria
Secretary General, OECD
Caroline Anstey
MD, World Bank
“Gender equality is
good in and of itself,
and it is smart
economics.”
“Women are the most
underutilized
economic asset in the
world’s economy.”
Emerging Economies Developed Economies
Matching female to male
employment rates would
significantly increase GDP
in emerging economies—
where opportunities for
women today are limited
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8. Gender Equality an ‘Economic
No-Brainer,’ Says IMF Chief

16. $2.1 trillionin additional GDP in 2025
if all US states match the states with the fastest
progress toward gender parity in work over the
past decade—a best-in-class scenario. This is
10 percent higher GDP, or a 3.1 percent growth
rate through 2025, instead of the 2.3 percent
growth rate in the business-as-usual scenario.
40/30/30. About 40 percent of the
$2.1 trillion GDP opportunity comes from a higher
female labor-force participation rate, 30 percent from
narrowing the gap between men and women who
work part time and full time, and 30 percent from
changing the mix of sectors in which women work to
boost their presence in more productive ones.
An additional 6.4 million jobswould be required
to secure the additional GDP. Jobs would be created at a rate
of 1.0 percent a year in the period to 2025, compared with
0.6 percent in the business-as-usual scenario.
GDP increase for all states. Every
US state can achieve at least 5 percent higher GDP in 2025 by
matching best-in-class improvement rates between women and
men in work, and half (25 states) can achieve 10 percent or more.

19. THE GENDER
DIVIDEND
A BUSINESS CASE FOR GENDER EQUALITY

22. Yet, we’d better be patient…

24. 117 years until
gender parity?
Put gender on
your agenda.
In its Global Gender Parity Report 2015, the
World Economic Forum estimates it will take
117 years to achieve gender parity in the
workplace. How can we accelerate this pace?
We surveyed men and women leaders from
400 companies around the world to help
illuminate the way forward and blended their
recommendations with our experience to
create the following accelerators.
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