gender justice

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has named Iceland as the country with the smallest gap between the sexes, for the fifth consecutive year in a row. Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Philippines make up the top five of the gender gap index while the UK ranks 18 out of 136 countries. The index assesses four key areas – health (life expectancy, etc), access to education, economic participation (salaries, job type and seniority) and political engagement.

Singapore is 58th in the world in terms of gender equality, slipping three rungs from its 55th place last year.


Not surprisingly, Singapore scored 12th highest in economic participation. It also ranked 85th for health, 90th for political empowerment and a surprising 105th for educational attainment, below countries like Sri Lanka (48th), Malaysia (73rd), Vietnam (95th) and Indonesia (101st).

However, overall, Singapore comes sixth in the region for Asia and the Pacific, coming in after the Philippines (5th), New Zealand (7th), Australia (24th), Mongolia (33rd) and Sri Lanka (55th).

How'd the rest of our neighbours fare? Thailand's 65th, Vietnam's 71st, Indonesia is 95th and Malaysia is 102nd.

At the top of the rankings in terms of gender equality is Iceland, while coming in last is Yemen.


http://www.theguardian.com/news/womens-blog/interactive/2013/oct/25/world-gender-gap-index-2013-mapped-iceland-uk