{"id":17246,"date":"2016-10-27T12:58:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T12:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=17246"},"modified":"2016-10-27T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T12:58:16","slug":"global-gender-gap-report-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/global-gender-gap-report-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Gender Gap Report, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: What is the India&#8217;s rank in Global Gender Gap Index for 2016?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 95th<br \/>\n(b) 87th<br \/>\n(c) 65th<br \/>\n(d) 105th<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 25 October 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Global Gender Gap Report 2016.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Global Gender Gap Report 2016 ranked 144 countries.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report measures gender gap as progress towards parity between men and women in four areas:<br \/>\n(i) Educational attainment,<br \/>\n(ii) Health and survival,<br \/>\n(iii) Economic opportunity and<br \/>\n(iv) Political empowerment.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The index ranges from 0 to 1; 0 means complete gender inequality, and 1 means complete gender equality.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iceland topped the index with the score of 0.874.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then the Index is followed by Finland (2), Norway (3), Sweden (4) and Rwanda (5).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five countries with least gender equality are Chad (140), Saudi Arabia (141), Syria (142), Pakistan (143) and Yemen (144).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">India has been ranked 87th out of 144 countries on the World Economic Forum\u2019s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2016.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">India has climbed 21 position from 108th position in 2015.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">India&#8217;s achievements in various areas of this index are:<br \/>\n\u2022 Economic opportunity-136th<br \/>\n\u2022 Educational attainment-113rd<br \/>\n\u2022 Health and survival-142nd<br \/>\n\u2022 Political empowerment-9th<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The highest position in the BRICS countries is attained by South Africa i.e 15th.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other BRICS countries are ranked as Russian Federation (75th), Brazil (79th) and China (99th).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the neighboring countries of India, Bangladesh ranked 72nd, Bhutan 121st, Nepal is ranked 110th and Pakistan 143rd.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this Index none of the country of the world got score of 1 means that any country in the world has not earned complete gender equality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/reports\/the-global-gender-gap-report-2016\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/reports\/the-global-gender-gap-report-2016<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/GGGR16\/WEF_Global_Gender_Gap_Report_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/GGGR16\/WEF_Global_Gender_Gap_Report_2016.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is the India&#8217;s rank in Global Gender Gap Index for 2016? (a) 95th (b) 87th (c) 65th (d) 105th Ans: (b) Related facts: On 25 October 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Global Gender Gap Report 2016. Global Gender Gap Report 2016 ranked 144 countries. 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