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The Global Gender Gap Report 2015

The Global Gender Gap Index featured in the 2015 Report ranks over 140 economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based on economic, educational, health-based and political indicators. With a decade of data, this edition of the Global Gender Gap Report – first published in 2006 – reveal the pattern of change around the world relative to the 109 continuously covered countries’ own past performance and in relation to each other.

 

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Is Gender a Social Construct? in 7 Minutes

Gender is a very touchy subject these days – whether you believe it’s a social construct or you don’t. Both sides of the argument seem to overlook evidence on the opposing view. In this short video I’ll go over some of the main arguments and evidence that both support the idea of gender as a social construct and refute it.

 

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What people miss about the gender wage gap

When there is talk about the gender wage gap, often the statistic heard is, “Women earn 79 cents for every dollar a man makes.” While this is factually correct, it does not encompass the nuances of the wage gap. The answer is in the complexity of this problem. Career types and child-rearing duties are both in the equation to closing the gender wage gap.

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Closing The Gender Gap

The Global Gender Parity Group is a multistakeholder community of highly influential and committed leaders — 50% women and 50% men — that has pledged personal and organisational commitments towards gender parity. The Women Leaders Community consists of high-level women leaders from various stakeholder groups participating in the World Economic Forum events. It serves as a platform for networking and for establishing meaningful dialogue on contemporary issues of relevance.

 

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Gender Equality

Breaking down barriers to gender equality in education, employment and entrepreneurship would create new sources of economic growth. For more info please visit: www.oecd.org/gender

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