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01 April, 2021
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GS-Paper-1: Social issue and Sociology Optional – UPSC PRELIMS – Mains Application
Context: World Economic Forum report is providing essential insight about Gender and its empowerment and status which UPSC candidates can utilize in PT for facts and in Sociology optional and ESSAY writing as a reference of Women's status.
WEF AIMS and Objective: https://www.weforum.org/
Facts:
It was first published in 2006 by the WEF. It benchmarks 156 countries on their progress towards gender parity in four dimensions:
Economic Participation and Opportunity,
Educational Attainment,
Health and Survival and
Political Empowerment.
Over the Index, the highest possible score is 1 (equality) and the lowest possible score is 0 (inequality).
World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is independent, impartial and not tied to any special interests. The Forum strives in all its efforts to demonstrate entrepreneurship in the global public interest while upholding the highest standards of governance. Some major reports published by WEF are:
WEF along with INSEAD, and Cornell University publishes this report.
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Aim: To serve as a compass to track progress on relative gaps between women and men on health, education, economy and politics. Through this annual yardstick, the stakeholders within each country are able to set priorities relevant in each specific economic, political and cultural context.
India’s Position: India has fallen 28 places 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2021 , becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia. Inspite of prog. Like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme, Ujjawala Scheme are some the initiatives launched by the government to address the issue of gender inequality. The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles, even than India is scoring the poor rank in South Asia.
Overall Ranking: India is now one of the worst performers in South Asia, it is now ranked 140 among 156 countries. In South Asia, Bangladesh ranked 65, Nepal 106, Pakistan 153, Afghanistan 156, Bhutan 130 and Sri Lanka 116. India had ranked 112th among 153 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020.
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Region Wise Rank:
Source: WEF
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