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