India ranks abysmal 87 of 144 nations in gender equality

[CHN Bamboo]

Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...s-in-gender-equality/articleshow/55066848.cms

Report in 2015:http://reports.weforum.org/global-g...1477491663.7235720157623291015625#economy=IND

Report in 2016:http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2016/economies/#economy=IND

NEW DELHI: Thanks to closing the gender gap in wages and educational attainment, India rose 21 places in gender equality rankings, but it still stood at an abysmal 87 out of 144 countries evaluated by the World Economic Forum. And Pakistan ranked second from the bottom, again.

India has in fact fully closed its primary and secondary education enrolment gender gaps, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2016 released yesterday.

Of other countries in South Asia, Bangladesh outranked India at 72, Sri Lanka ranked 100, Nepal 110, the Maldives 115 and Bhutan 121. The only country ranked below Pakistan, at last position, is Yemen, at 144.

Globally, the leading four nations continue to be Scandinavian, with Iceland on top, followed by Finland, Norway and Sweden. The US was ranked 45.

Of Brics countries, South Africa ranked 15, Russia was at 75, Brazil ranked 79 and China came in at 99. China slipped from last year's position of 91, which in turn was lower than its 2014 ranking of 87.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2016 report measures gender parity in 'Economic Participation and Opportunity', 'Educational Attainment', 'Health and Survival' and 'Political Participation'.

In economic participation, India rose slightly in the rankings, to 136 from last year's 139. In education, it ranked 113, up from 125 last year, in health it was an abysmal 142, up just one position from last year, and in political participation, it was a high 9, the same as last year.

In 2015, projections based on the Global Gender Gap Report data suggested that the economic gap could be closed within 118 years, or by 2133. The latest report noted that the prospects for workplace gender equality have slipped beyond our lifetimes, to 2186.

 

[cerberus]

Its Seems OP not read the Full article Before Posting here

 

[jha]

Wow.. Thats sad.

 

[ranjeet]

Still a long way to go but congratulations for moving up 21 places.

 

[Mufflerman]

China is at 99. Clean ur mess before talking trash abt others

 

[protest]

Its Seems OP not read the Full article Before Posting here

Headline is enough for morons.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

Its Seems OP not read the Full article Before Posting here

I read it and found out that China ranked 99th :）
TOI gives the title.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Sri Lanka ranked 100?

Congratulations to Bangladesh btw

 

[itachii]

113 in education ? No surprise when u see how fu*ked up our education system is..

 

[Gibbs]

Sri Lanka ranked 100?

Congratulations to Bangladesh btw

Pretty pathetic yes.. While they score heavily on Womens health and Education, Opportunities on the economic participation front is abysmal, Hence the low score

http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2016/economies/#economy=LKA

And yes Congrats to India and Bangladesh on going up the ranks, But the region as a whole is bottom of the pile, Nothing much ado

 

[CHN Bamboo]

China is at 99. Clean ur mess before talking trash abt others

I can't agree to your logic.
Although the GDP per capita of India is far less than China(abt one-fifth), it is often the case that Indians here talking abt China's economy without any insight.
According to your logic, they should shut up, right?

 

[IndoCarib]

I can't agree to your logic.
Although the GDP per capita of India is far less than China(abt one-fifth), it is often the case that Indians here talking abt China's economy without any insight.
According to your logic, they should shut up, right?

India rose 21 places in gender equality rankings

China slipped from last year's position of 91, which in turn was lower than its 2014 ranking of 87.

Talk about abysmal now !

 

[liall]

I can't agree to your logic.
Although the GDP per capita of India is far less than China(abt one-fifth), it is often the case that Indians here talking abt China's economy without any insight.
According to your logic, they should shut up, right?

I was under the impression that China had decent gender equality at least compared to South Asia. What's your view? Anyway ignore the trolls.

 

[Mufflerman]

I can't agree to your logic.
Although the GDP per capita of India is far less than China(abt one-fifth), it is often the case that Indians here talking abt China's economy without any insight.
According to your logic, they should shut up, right?

We are growing faster than you. That's worth discussing. Too bad you don't like it.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

India rose 21 places in gender equality rankings

China slipped from last year's position of 91, which in turn was lower than its 2014 ranking of 87.

Talk about abysmal now !

China is not the leader in the field of gender equality, similar to other East Asian countries.(such as, Japan, Korea)

It is meaningless to have a debate on which country is worse, after all, the gap is not large.

In general, South&East Asian countries are low-ranking in Gender equality, which deserve the word "abysmal".And I didnt have any ill will, TOI gave the title and I didnt change it.

I was under the impression that China had decent gender equality at least compared to South Asia. What's your view? Anyway ignore the trolls.

In terms of political empowerment of women, China ranked very low and lost to India. :/

Owing to recent unreasonable policy, women are becoming less and less competitive in job market, which causes decline in proportion of women in the workplace.

Some years ago, China ranked 60+ in gender equality with highest proportion of women in the workplace..But now that's another story.