India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index: WEF report
India was ranked 127 among 146 countries in gender parity.
India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index: WEF report
• India was ranked 127 among 146 countries in gender parity– up eight places from last year– in the Gender Gap Report of 2023.
• India had closed 64.3% of the overall gender gap.
• Of the 117 countries with available data since 2017, India is one of the few countries to have achieved women's representation of over 40% in local governance (44.4%)
• the report is published by World Economic Forum.
• Iceland is the most gender-equal country for the 14th consecutive year, and the only one to have closed more than 90% of its gender gap.
• Global Gender Gap index- It benchmarks countries on their progress towards gender parity in four Key dimensions with Sub Metrics: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.
• GGG index provides scores between 0 and 1, where 1 shows full gender parity and 0 is complete imparity.
• World Economic Forum- the WEF is a Swiss nonprofit foundation established in 1971
• it is based in Geneva, Switzerland
• Other reports published by WEF include: Global Competitiveness Report, Global IT Report, Global Risk Report, Global Travel and Tourism Report.