Gender equality is a distant prospect. a World Economic Forum report estimates that it would take 202 years to close the gender gap.
The study is based on 149 countries and takes stock of gender equality in the world of jobbut also politics, health and education. Main lesson, gender equality in all fields remains a myth. This will not be reached for 108 years, says the document.
In the professional world, the wage gapmen-women have improved a little but the disparities remain very strong: a woman still earns on average 51% less than her male counterpart in the same position. Leadership positions are held by only 34% of women.
In certain professional sectors, gender stereotypes seem to hold true: women are under-represented in scientific skills, technological, mathematics and in the engineering sector.
France, 12th in the world in the ranking on parity
Globally, who are the best performers in terms of parity? The Nordic countries, namely Iceland (first country to have pay equity in law in January 2018), Sweden, Norway, and Finland show better results. At the bottom of the table, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen are the countries with the highest gender inequalities.
In the group of G20 countries (20 most developed economies in the world), France is doing well and is ranked 12th in the world, ahead of Germany (14th), Great Britain (15th) , Canada (16th) and South Africa (19th). The United States is in 51st place. China is 103rd, India 108th, Japan 110th, the Republic of Korea 115th, Turkey 130th, and Saudi Arabia 141st.
202 years to global economic gender equality & the AI talent gender gap – @wef report out today #parity#neweconomyhttps://t.co/JJNJsKPLwL
– Saadia Zahidi (@zahidi) December 18, 2018
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