World Economic Forum: The Global Gender Gap

Posted: October 1, 2019

 

Watch the clip from the World Economic Forum titled "The Global Gender Gap 2015" AND examine parts of the World Economic Forum’s 2018 report on "The Global Gender Gap." The report provides data comparing gender disparity within four categories: Economy, Education, Health, and Politics.

Based on exposure to the different ways in which gender inequality is demonstrated around the world,  propose a plan to target one specific category where gender inequality exists. To review, the World Economic Forum has identified Health, Education, Economic Participation and Political Empowerment as the main categories they measure. You should be able to identify an area to be addressed, provide a background to the issue with examples, explain what efforts have been made to address the issue and, lastly, propose an action plan to remediate the problem.

Discuss the answers to the following questions as an introduction to the work of the World Economic Forum:

a) In which of the 4 categories have gains been made in narrowing the gender gap? Provide evidence.

b) Do any of the results from the 2016 study surprise you? Explain.