Singapore still has a lot of work to do when it comes to gender equality, according to the latest Global Gender Gap Report conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The annual report quantifies the magnitude of gender-based disparities, measured by the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas: health and survival, educational attainment, economic participation and opportunities and political empowerment. The rankings are designed to create greater awareness among global audiences of the prevailing gender gaps, and as a basis for reducing it.
Out of the142 countries studied, Singapore placed the 59th spot, way below nations such as Cuba, Argentina, Canada or Madagascar for that matter. Countries performing worse than Singapore include Israel, Bangladesh, China and Japan.
Although Singapore are performing well in the aspects of gender equality in education, health and economy, more can be done to improve the situation in political representations and leadership roles.
Iceland trumps the world as the economy with the best possible gender equality. In fact, other Nordic nations such as Finland, Norway and Sweden rank in the top five countries.
Already in its ninth iteration, WEF projects a cynical undertone by revealing that equality for women in the workplace only sees a small improvement, even after nine years.
“Based on this trajectory, with all else remaining equal, it will take 81 years for the world to close this gap completely,” the report predicts.
Photo: Cimexus via Flickr
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Singapore still has a lot of work to do when it comes to gender equality, according to the latest Global Gender Gap Report conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The annual report quantifies the magnitude of gender-based disparities, measured by the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas: health and survival, educational attainment, economic participation and opportunities and political empowerment. The rankings are designed to create greater awareness among global audiences of the prevailing gender gaps, and as a basis for reducing it.
Out of the142 countries studied, Singapore placed the 59th spot, way below nations such as Cuba, Argentina, Canada or Madagascar for that matter. Countries performing worse than Singapore include Israel, Bangladesh, China and Japan.
Although Singapore are performing well in the aspects of gender equality in education, health and economy, more can be done to improve the situation in political representations and leadership roles.
Iceland trumps the world as the economy with the best possible gender equality. In fact, other Nordic nations such as Finland, Norway and Sweden rank in the top five countries.
Already in its ninth iteration, WEF projects a cynical undertone by revealing that equality for women in the workplace only sees a small improvement, even after nine years.
“Based on this trajectory, with all else remaining equal, it will take 81 years for the world to close this gap completely,” the report predicts.
Photo: Cimexus via Flickr
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