{"id":45353,"date":"2025-06-13T20:55:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=45353"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:00:06","slug":"global-gender-gap-index-2025-wef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/13-06-2025\/global-gender-gap-index-2025-wef","title":{"rendered":"Global Gender Gap Index 2025: WEF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Issues Related To Women<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-01-2023\/world-economic-forum-2023\">World Economic Forum<\/a> (WEF) released its <strong>19th edition of<\/strong> <strong>Global Gender Gap Report 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Global Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Overall Gender Parity:<\/strong> The world has closed 68.5% of the gender gap, a marginal improvement from the previous year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Top Performers:<\/strong><strong>Iceland<\/strong> remains the <strong>most gender-equal country<\/strong> for the <strong>16th consecutive year<\/strong>, achieving over 90% parity.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Other top-ranking nations include Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Overall Rank:<\/strong> India slipped to<strong> 131st out of 148 countries,<\/strong> with a parity score of 64.1%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"cddde7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Global-Gender-Gap-Index-2025-646x1024.png\" alt=\"Global Gender Gap Index 2025\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-45356\" style=\"--dominant-color: #cddde7; width:336px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Global-Gender-Gap-Index-2025-646x1024.png 646w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Global-Gender-Gap-Index-2025-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Global-Gender-Gap-Index-2025-768x1217.png 768w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Global-Gender-Gap-Index-2025-969x1536.png 969w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Global-Gender-Gap-Index-2025.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Economic Participation:<\/strong> Improved slightly to 40.7%, with a rise in estimated earned income parity from 28.6% to 29.9%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment: <\/strong>Scored 97.1%, reflecting strong gains in literacy and higher education enrollment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Health and Survival:<\/strong> Showed modest improvement in sex ratio at birth and healthy life expectancy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Political Empowerment:<\/strong> Declined, with women\u2019s representation in Parliament dropping from 14.7% to 13.8%, and ministerial roles falling from 6.5% to 5.6%, marking a<strong> continued decline from the 2019 peak of 30%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Regional Insights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>South Asia: <\/strong>India ranks below Bangladesh (24), Nepal (125), and Sri Lanka (130), but above Maldives (138), Bhutan (119) and Pakistan (148).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Europe: <\/strong>Leads globally with 76.3% parity, surpassing North America.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Middle East and North Africa:<\/strong> Remains the furthest from parity at 62.6%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Concerns Highlighted in Report<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Time to Full Parity:<\/strong> At the current pace, it will <strong>take 123 years<\/strong> to close the global gender gap, highlighting the need for accelerated efforts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Economic Disparities:<\/strong> Despite progress, women still earn significantly less than men, with wage gaps persisting across industries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regional Inequalities:<\/strong> Certain regions, particularly South Asia and the Middle East, continue to lag behind in gender parity, facing structural and cultural barriers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Other Key Reports by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/25-01-2025\/wef-transitioning-industrial-clusters-initiative\">WEF<\/a><\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Global Competitiveness Report:<\/strong> Assesses the economic competitiveness of countries based on productivity and innovation.<br>&#8211; <strong>Future of Jobs Report:<\/strong> Examines trends in employment, automation, and workforce transformation.<br>&#8211; <strong>Global Risks Report:<\/strong> Identifies emerging global risks, including economic instability, climate change, and geopolitical tensions.<br>&#8211; <strong>Technology and Innovation Reports:<\/strong> Covers advancements in AI, digital transformation, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-gender-gap-rank-global-gender-gap-index-2025-world-economic-forum\/article69685804.ece\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source: TH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Read this in Hindi: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=45309&amp;action=edit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=45417&amp;action=edit\">\u0935\u0948\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093f\u0915 \u0932\u0948\u0902\u0917\u093f\u0915 \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930 \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0915\u093e\u0902\u0915 2025: WEF<\/a><\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Recently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its 19th edition of Global Gender Gap Report 2025.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Global Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Overall Gender Parity: The world has closed 68.5% of the gender gap, a marginal improvement from the previous year.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Top Performers:Iceland remains the most gender-equal country for the 16th consecutive year, achieving over 90% parity.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Other top-ranking nations include Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom etc.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/13-06-2025\/global-gender-gap-index-2025-wef\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45353"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46288,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45353\/revisions\/46288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}