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Cover of the 2008 report. The Global Gender Gap Report is an index designed to measure gender equality.It was first published in 2006 by the World Economic Forum. [1]It "assesses countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources and opportunities," the Report says. [2] "
The US continues to lag behind other countries in closing the gender gap, a new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) found. According to the 2024 Global Gender Gap Report, the US ranked 43rd ...
Countries by Gender Inequality Index (Data from 2019, published in 2020). Red denotes more gender inequality, and green more equality. [1]The Gender Inequality Index (GII) is an index for the measurement of gender disparity that was introduced in the 2010 Human Development Report 20th anniversary edition by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022 allows users to look at and compare country GPI data, calculate their own country's gender parity and explore global patterns. [3] World GPI has consistently increased toward parity since 1980. [4]
The U.S. slipped two spots in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index. It will take 99.5 years to close the global gender gap, and the US is falling behind [Video] Skip to main content
In the WEF’s 17th annual Global Gender Gap report, the US ranked 43rd in gender equality out of 146 countries – a decline from 27th last year.
GEI and the Global Gender Gap Index measures are conceptually more broad. GEI focuses on socioeconomic opportunities, but it has been criticized for ignoring underlying causes of gender inequality such as health. [5] The Global Gender Gap Index is the most comprehensive, through it in turn has been criticized for being too broad. [5]
Ending discriminatory laws and practices that prevent women from working or starting businesses could raise global gross domestic product by more than 20%, which would double the rate of global ...