Previously a broadcast journalist, Dan-Chyi Chua quit TV to travel the world for 3 1/2 years. Having encountered all the communist legends from Mao to Ché in their mausoleums, she is now content simply to spend to her days in Jerusalem, entertaining romantic notions about Peace in the Middle East.
The Gaping Gender Gap in Asia
March 11, 2011
How do Asian countries stack up in the latest Global Gender Gap Report? Very, very poorly.
(Photo credit: Brandon Doran)
In the World Economic Forum ‘s latest Global Gender Gap Report, only two Asian countries made it to the Top 20. A few are midway on the list, and most are way down. The higher up a country is on the list, the less of a gender gap it has.
The ranking was based the gap between men and women in four areas –
1. Economic participation and opportunity (includes equality in wages, representation in the work force, representation in senior positions)
2. Educational attainment (literacy, school enrolment at primary, secondary and tertiary level)
3. Health and survival (life expectancy and ratio at birth)
4. Political empowerment (ratio of women to men in political office and females as heads of state).
This is how the countries stacked up:
1. Iceland
2. Norway
3. Finland
4. Sweden
5. New Zealand
6. Ireland
7. Denmark
8. Lesotho
9. The Philippines
10. Switzerland
11. Spain
12. South Africa
13. Germany
14. Belgium
15. United Kingdom
16. Sri Lanka
17. Netherlands
18. Latvia
19. United States
20. Canada
21. Trinidad and Tobago
22. Mozambique
23. Australia
24. Cuba
25. Namibia
26. Luxembourg
27. Mongolia
28. Costa Rica
29. Argentina
30. Nicaragua
31. Barbados
32. Portugal
33. Uganda
34. Moldova
35. Lithuania
36. Bahamas
37. Austria
38. Guyana
39. Panama
40. Ecuador
41. Kazakhstan
42. Slovenia
43. Poland
44. Jamaica
45. Russia
46. France
47. Estonia
48. Chile
49. Macedonia
50. Bulgaria
51. Kyrgyz Republic
52. Israel
53. Croatia
54. Honduras
55. Colombia
56. Singapore
57. Thailand
58. Greece
59. Uruguay
60. Peru
61. China
62. Botswana
63. Ukraine
64. Venezuela
65. Czech Republic
66. Tanzania
67. Romania
68. Malawi
69. Paraguay
70. Ghana
71. Slovak Republic
72. Vietnam
73. Dominican Republic
74. Italy
75. Gambia
76. Bolivia
77. Brunei Darussalam
78. Albania
79. Hungary
80. Madagascar
81. Angola
82. Bangladesh
83. Malta
84. Armenia
85. Brazil
86. Cyprus
87. Indonesia
88. Georgia
89. Tajikistan
90. El Salvador
91. Mexico
92. Zimbabwe
93. Belize
94. Japan
95. Mauritius
96. Kenya
97. Cambodia
98. Malaysia
99. Maldives
100. Azerbaijan
101. Senegal
102. Suriname
103. United Arab Emirates
104. South Korea
105. Kuwait
106. Zambia
107. Tunisia
108. Fiji
109. Guatemala
110. Bahrain
111. Burkina Faso
112. India
113. Mauritania
114. Cameroon
115. Nepal
116. Lebanon
117. Qatar
118. Nigeria
119. Algeria
120. Jordan
121. Ethiopia
122. Oman
123. Iran
124. Syria
125. Egypt
126. Turkey
127. Morocco
128. Benin
129. Saudi Arabia
130. Ivory Coast
131. Mali
132. Pakistan
133. Chad
134. Yemen
Here's the top and bottom 20 on a couple of indicators:
Source: World Economic Forum.
Full report may be accessed here
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