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  2. Gender inequality - Wikipedia

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    Gender inequality is the social phenomenon in which people are not treated equally on the basis of gender. This inequality can be caused by gender discrimination or sexism. The treatment may arise from distinctions regarding biology, psychology, or cultural norms prevalent in the society.

  3. Gender parity - Wikipedia

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    The terms gender parity and gender equality are sometimes used interchangeably but gender parity differs from gender equality in that it is a descriptive measure only and does not involve value judgments or argue for policy changes in the way gender equality.

  4. Measures of gender equality - Wikipedia

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    The Gender-related Development Index (GDI) is a gender-focused development of the Human Development Index (HDI) which measures the development levels in a country corrected by the existing gender inequalities. [5] [6] It addresses gender-gaps in life expectancy, education, and incomes. It uses an "inequality aversion" penalty, which creates a ...

  5. Gender gap - Wikipedia

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    Gender inequality, the social process by which men and women are not treated as equals; Gender pension gap, the cumulative impact of the gender pay gap. Global Gender Gap Report, an index, published by the World Economic Forum, designed to measure gender equality; Sex ratio, the ratio of males to females in a population

  6. Gender Development Index - Wikipedia

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    The Gender Development Index (GDI) is an index designed to measure gender equality. GDI, together with the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), was introduced in 1995 in the Human Development Report written by the United Nations Development Program. These measurements aimed to add a gender-sensitive dimension to the Human Development Index (HDI ...

  7. Gender Inequality Index - Wikipedia

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    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).

  8. As more groups adopt gender-inclusive language, some claim ...

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    An argument made by cisgender women against using gender-neutral language to push for abortion rights is that the number of cisgender women seeking reproductive care vastly outweighs the number of ...

  9. Gender equality - Wikipedia

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    As of 2017, gender equality is the fifth of seventeen sustainable development goals of the United Nations; gender equality has not incorporated the proposition of genders besides women and men, or gender identities outside of the gender binary. Gender inequality is measured annually by the United Nations Development Programme's Human ...