Gender Gap Index
Context:
World Economic Forum has released the ‘Global Gender Gap Index’ for 2022. India ranked at 135 out of 146 nations.
About gender gap Index:
- Published by: The Global Gender Gap Index is published by World Economic Forum (WEF) since the year 2006.
- Objectives: According to the WEF it is the long standing Index that tracks the performance and progress of the nation towards narrowing down the gaps between genders.
- Parameters: The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions:
- Political Empowerment
- Economic Participation and opportunity
- Educational attainment
- Health and survival