Gender equality in the economy will not be realized before 2186!

A study on gender equality for 2016 published by the International Economic Forum this week has shown that progress in narrowing the gender gap in the workplace is significantly slowing down, and pointing out that economic equality between the sexes will not be realized before the year 2186. The Geneva-based forum extended the expectancy of gender equality 53 years, after it noticed chronic gender imbalances in salaries and positions. This affected the pace of progress which slowed down considerably to reach a peak in 2013, the study explained. Women around the world have received little over half the wage earned by their men colleagues, despite the long working hours and a level of participation in the labor market representing two third of the participation by men, the report indicated. Differences were more visible in some regions, notably in high income countries in the MENA region. The gender gaps in health and education have almost disappeared but were still “very wide” in terms of economic participation and political empowerment. In this respect, the study went on to say, the political representation of women stood at less than a quarter of that of men, stressing that the “number of women in senior positions is still far too low.” Only four countries, the report expounded, boast equal numbers of both sexes on legislative boards, as well as in high-ranking or managerial posts, despite the fact that the number of university graduate women in 95 countries equals or beats the number of men. To note, Lebanon which is among the 144 states covered by the study, came 135 in gender equality, with Iceland and Finland topping the list and Yemen and Pakistan coming last. For the complete report in English, kindly visit the following link:

:http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GGGR16/WEF_Global_Gender_Gap_Report_2016.pdf

(Al Mustaqbal, October 28, 2016)

 

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