New Delhi, Oct 26, 2016: India jumps 21 positions to rank 87th in WEF’s international gender gap. India has substantially improved its rank within the Global Gender Gap index transferring from 108th to 87th place inside a yr, in line with a report launched by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday.
India jumps 21 positions to rank 87th in WEF’s international gender gap.
It’s ranked second within the South Asian area, subsequent solely to Bangladesh.
However, the 2016 report by WEF says that by way of “well being and survival”, India nonetheless lags at 142nd rank, or third final, globally as India jumps 21 positions to rank 87th in WEF’s international gender gap.
When it comes to financial participation by girls, India ranked 136 and when it comes to training, it’s on the 113th place.
The Global Gender Report by WEF mentioned India had reported “progress this yr on closing the gender hole with regard to wage equality and throughout all indicators of the Educational Attainment sub-index, absolutely closing its main and secondary schooling enrolment gender gaps” when India jumps 21 positions to rank 87th in WEF’s international gender gap.
Nevertheless, it additionally sees some regression on girls’s estimated earned earnings and the nation “continues to rank third-lowest on the planet on Health and Survival, remaining the world’s least-improved nation on this sub-index over the previous decade”, the report stated.
The South Asian area, in the meantime, is lagging behind Sub-Saharan Africa, although it’s higher than the Center East and North Africa as India jumps 21 positions to rank 87th in WEF’s international gender gap.
Pakistan got here final within the checklist of South Asian nations, and Bhutan was second final.
“With a median remaining gender hole of 33 p.c, the South Asia area is the second-lowest scoring on this 12 months’s Global Gender Gap Index, forward of the Center East and North Africa and behind the Sub-Saharan Africa area,” the report stated when India jumps 21 positions to rank 87th in WEF’s international gender gap.
Bangladesh and India are the top-ranked international locations within the area, having closed slightly below 70 per cent and 68 per cent of their general gender gap, respectively.
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