Gender inequality arises from differences in social, political, and civil rights between men and women and has persisted in various forms since ancient times. The Global Gender Gap Report states that none of us will see gender equality during our lifetimes. If true, this will mean a perpetuation of stunted economic development. Without the full deployment of roughly half of the world’s total talent pool, full competitiveness and future-readiness of the world's economies and businesses are simply unachievable.
Politics has long been considered as a 'man's world.' Even today, women remain significantly underrepresented in legislative and executive branches of government globally despite research that suggests a strong connection between women in leadership and economic and democratic gains. Today one-fifth of the world's parliamentarians and less than one quarter of national leaders are women. Rwanda, Cuba and Bolivia have the highest share of women parliamentarians, however, Europe has traditionally maintained the highest representation of women in government. As of June 2016, the...
(18 September 2020) Today US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, known as a champion of gender equality, passed away, sending thousands to the US Supreme Court grounds to mourn her loss. The timing of her passing is noteworthy as it overlapped with the internationally recognized 'Equal Pay Day', a concept near and dear to the cause that Justice Ginsburg supported throughout her life despite wavering profess since the days of the US Equal Pay Act of 1963. Caregiving and other unpaid obligations, differences in occupation, management level, and years of work experience are the...
The Global Knowledge Index (GKI) from Knowledge4All has emerged as a replacement to the World Bank's well known Knowledge Economy Index, 2012. The purpose of the GKI is to capture the multidimensional nature of knowledge (often linked to related concepts such as 'knowledge economy' or 'knowledge society') and help guide policymakers and researchers in their efforts to foster knowledge-based societies and bridge knowledge gaps that help propel development and economic growth.The GKI is a joint initiative between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Mohammed Bin...
The Russian health-care system is one of the least efficient in the world, but how inefficient is it? As low as it gets within the universe measured by the Health-Care Efficiency Index from Bloomberg. This year’s Index scored Russia as the least efficient of the 55 countries covered. Jordan, Colombia, Azerbaijan and Brazil rounded out the bottom five, with the US not far behind, scoring 50th in the ranking. The index evaluates data for countries with populations of 5 million people or more, GDPs per capita of at least $5,000, and population life expectancy over 70 years, with a...
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