UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh has top-ranked in gender equity in South Asia having closed its overall gender gap just under 70 percent.
Bangladesh has ranked 72 among 144 countries in the world in the Global Gender Gap Index 2016 prepared by World Economic Forum. India, which stands 87 in the index, follows Bangladesh having closed just under 68 percent of their overall gender gap. The lowest-ranked countries are Bhutan and Pakistan, having closed 64 percent and 56 percent of their overall gender gap, respectively. Bangladesh has become the region’s top
performer, recording progress this year on the political empowerment gender gap.
However, there is a widening of the gap on women’s labour force participation and estimated earned income.
It is followed by India, which reports progress this year on closing the gender gap with regard to wage equality and across all indicators of the Educational Attainment sub index, fully closing its primary and secondary education enrolment gender gaps.
However, it also sees some regression on women’s estimated earned income and continues to rank third-lowest in the world on Health and Survival, remaining the world’s least-improved country on this sub-index over the past decade. With an average remaining gender gap of 33percent, the South Asia region is the second-lowest scoring on this year’s Global Gender Gap Index, ahead of the Middle East and North Africa and behind the Sub-Saharan Africa region. No country in the region has fully closed its Educational Attainment gender gap, and only one country, Sri Lanka, has fully closed its Health and Survival gender gap.
Bangladesh has top-ranked in gender equity in South Asia having closed its overall gender gap just under 70 percent.
Bangladesh has ranked 72 among 144 countries in the world in the Global Gender Gap Index 2016 prepared by World Economic Forum. India, which stands 87 in the index, follows Bangladesh having closed just under 68 percent of their overall gender gap. The lowest-ranked countries are Bhutan and Pakistan, having closed 64 percent and 56 percent of their overall gender gap, respectively. Bangladesh has become the region’s top
performer, recording progress this year on the political empowerment gender gap.
However, there is a widening of the gap on women’s labour force participation and estimated earned income.
It is followed by India, which reports progress this year on closing the gender gap with regard to wage equality and across all indicators of the Educational Attainment sub index, fully closing its primary and secondary education enrolment gender gaps.
However, it also sees some regression on women’s estimated earned income and continues to rank third-lowest in the world on Health and Survival, remaining the world’s least-improved country on this sub-index over the past decade. With an average remaining gender gap of 33percent, the South Asia region is the second-lowest scoring on this year’s Global Gender Gap Index, ahead of the Middle East and North Africa and behind the Sub-Saharan Africa region. No country in the region has fully closed its Educational Attainment gender gap, and only one country, Sri Lanka, has fully closed its Health and Survival gender gap.
