{"id":88874,"date":"2019-12-30T12:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=88874"},"modified":"2019-12-30T12:35:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T12:35:09","slug":"global-gender-gap-index-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/global-gender-gap-index-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Gender Gap Index 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: What is the rank of India in Global Gender Gap Index 2020 published by World Economic Forum?<br> (a) 112<br> (b) 102<br> (c) 108<br> (d) 124<br> Answer: (a)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Global Gender Gap Index is a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress over time.<\/li><li>It was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006.<\/li><li>India has been ranked 112th among 153 countries in the annual Global Gender Gap Index for 2020.In 2018 India\u2019s rank was 108.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parameters of the Index:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks 153 countries on their progress towards gender parity in four dimensions:<\/li><li>Economic Participation and Opportunity,<\/li><li>Educational Attainment,<\/li><li>Health and Survival and<\/li><li>Political Empowerment<\/li><li>Over the Index, the highest possible score is 1 (equality) and the lowest possible score is 0 (inequality).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Globally, the average (population-weighted) distance completed to parity is at 68.6%, which is a further improvement since last edition.<\/li><li>At current pace, it will take 99.5 years to achieve full parity between men and women.<\/li><li>The largest gender disparity is in political empowerment. Only 25% of the 35,127 seats in parliaments around the world are occupied by women, and only 21% of the 3,343 ministers are women.<\/li><li>Iceland is once again the most gender-equal country in the world for the 11th time in a row. It has closed almost 88% of its overall gender gap, further improving since last year. <\/li><li>Iceland is followed by Nordic neighbors Norway (2nd, 84.2%), Finland (3rd, 83.2%) and Sweden (4th, 82.0%).<\/li><li>Yemen is ranked the worst (153rd), while Iraq is 152nd and Pakistan 151st.<\/li><li>India is far behind other countries like China (106th), Sri Lanka (102nd), Nepal (101st), Brazil (92nd), Indonesia (85th) and Bangladesh (50th).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GGGR_2020.pdf\">http:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_GGGR_2020.pdf<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/india-slips-four-ranks-on-world-economic-forum-s-global-gender-gap-index-2020-11576574974188.html\">https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/india-slips-four-ranks-on-world-economic-forum-s-global-gender-gap-index-2020-11576574974188.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is the rank of India in Global Gender Gap Index 2020 published by World Economic Forum? (a) 112 (b) 102 (c) 108 (d) 124 Answer: (a) Related facts: The Global Gender Gap Index is a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress over time. 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