Which of the following gives 'Global Gender Gap Index' ranking to the countries of the world?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) World Economic Forum
The Global Gender Gap Index is published every year by the World Economic Forum in its Global Gender Gap Report. It scores countries on the gap between men and women in economic participation, education, health and survival, and political empowerment.
- ✓ (a) The Global Gender Gap Report 2016 of the World Economic Forum placed India 87th among 144 countries on the index, as the Ministry of Women and Child Development noted in December 2016.
- ✗ (c) UN Women runs programmes on gender equality but does not publish this index. The UN's own gender ranking, the Gender Inequality Index, comes from UNDP's Human Development Report.
- ✗ (b) The UN Human Rights Council reviews countries' human rights records through the Universal Periodic Review; it issues no gender gap ranking.
Remember · Global Gender Gap Index = World Economic Forum (4 dimensions). Gender Inequality Index and Gender Development Index = UNDP.
Sources
- PIB, India has improved by 21 spots as per latest Gender Gap Report of World Economic Forum (8 Dec 2016) ↗ “As per the Global Gender Gap Report 2016 by World Economic Forum, India ranks at 87th in respect of Global Gender Gap Index (GGI) among 144 countries of the World.”
- PIB, Global Gender Gap Report (Ministry of Women and Child Development, 17 Dec 2021) ↗ “The Global Gender Gap Report provides scores on Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) which examines the gap between men and women in four dimensions, namely, Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment,”
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