Global Gender Gap Report 2021 (15th edition) - Investing in ...

Based on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2021, another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity. Home About WhoWeAre HowWeWork Wherewework OurTeam OurWork WorkplaceGenderEquality ImpactInvesting InfluencingGenderNorms OurPartners WorkplaceGenderEquality ImpactInvesting InfluencingGenderNorms COVID-19&WEE MonthlyArticleRoundup DownloadableResources KnowledgeHub COVID-19&Women’sEconomicEmpowerment IWResources WorkplaceGenderEquality ImpactInvesting InfluencingGenderNorms Monitoring,Evaluation&Learning Newsroom Stories PressReleases MediaCoverage Videos GetInvolved Careers Tenders Subscribe Followuson: Home KnowledgeHub GlobalGenderGapReport2021(15thedition) SearchtheKnowledgeHub GlobalGenderGapReport2021(15thedition) PUBLISHEDBY: WorldEconomicForum YEARPUBLISHED: 2021 COUNTRY: Global AsiaPacific Australia Myanmar Vietnam ThePhilippines Indonesia RESOURCETYPE: Report/Paper AREASOFWORK: WorkplaceGenderEquality KEYWORDS: Gendergap gendergapreport Gendergapreport2021 SHARE: DownloadResource(13.27MB) GlobalGenderGapReport2021(15thedition) Since2006,theGlobalGenderGapReportbytheWorldEconomicForum(WEF)hasmeasuredgapsbetweenmenandwomenbasedonfourkeyindicators:EconomicParticipationandOpportunity,HealthandSurvival,EducationalAttainmentandPoliticalEmpowerment.This15theditioncovers156countries.PreliminaryevidencesuggeststhattheCOVID-19crisisandtherelatedeconomicdownturnhaveimpactedwomenmoreseverelythanmen,partiallyre-openinggapsthathadalreadybeenclosed.Thus,theglobalgendergaphasincreasedbyagenerationto135.6yearsfromtheprevious99.5years. Gender-sensitiverecoverystrategieswillbecriticalinmakingupgroundlostduring2020.Leadershaveanunprecedentedopportunitytobuildmoreresilientandgender-equaleconomiesbyinvestingininclusiveworkplaces,creatingmoreequitablecaresystems,advancingwomen’srisetoleadershippositions,applyingagenderlenstoreskillingandredeploymentandembeddinggenderparityintothefutureofwork. KeyFindings Globally,theaveragedistancecompletedtoparityisat68%,astepbackcomparedto2020(-0.6percentagepoints).Onthecurrenttrajectory,itwillnowtake135.6yearstoclosethegendergapworldwide.WhileEastAsiaandthePacificregion(at68.9%)isamongthe“mostimproved,”atthecurrentpace,gendergapscanpotentiallybeclosedin165.1years,almost30yearslongerthantheglobalaverage. Countryperformancesvaryconsiderablybyrateofprogress.InEastAsiaandthePacific,thePhilippinesstayedin2ndplaceintheregionbutdroppedto17thplace(-1)globally.LaoPDR,still3rdintheregion,climbedto36thplace(+7)globally.Australiaremained4thintheregionbutslidto50thplace(-6)intheglobalrankings.Singaporestayedat5thplaceregionallyand54thplaceglobally;likewise,Vietnamwasstaticat9thplaceregionallyand87thglobally.Myanmarroseto14thplace(+2)regionallyand109thplace(+5)globally.Conversely,Indonesiafellto10thplace(-2)regionallyand101stplace(-16)globally.AmongtheotherASEANcountries,Thailandranked79thplace(-4),Cambodia103rdplace(-14),andBrunei111thplace(-16)globally. ThegendergapinPoliticalEmpowermentremainsthelargestofthefourgapstracked,worldwide.EastAsiaandthePacifichasregressedonPoliticalEmpowerment,evenasitnarrowedgendergapsontheothersubindexes.Todate,only13.5%oftheregionalgaphasbeenclosed.Notably,Indonesiaexperiencedadeclineintheshareofwomeninministerialpositionsto17.1%from23.5%. ThegendergapinEconomicParticipationandOpportunityremainsthesecond-largestgaptrackedbytheindex.Regionalscoresresultedin69.6%ofthegapclosed(+3percentagepoints).Ninecountriesclosedgapsbyonepercentagepointormore,includingMyanmar(+2.7percentagepoints).However,sixcountriesregisteredwideninggaps(+2percentagepointsormore).Notably,Indonesiasawadeclineintheshareofwomeninseniorroles,whichhalvedto29.8%from54.9%injustoneyear. WhiletheglobalgapsforEducationalAttainmentandHealthandSurvivalarenearlyclosed,therearedisparateoutcomes.FourcountriesinEastAsiaandthePacifichaveachievedatleast99.5%genderparityineducation,ledbyAustraliaandNewZealand.Yet,inMyanmar,theliteracyrateamongwomenisonly71.9%.ThetimetoclosetheHealthandSurvivalgapalsoremainsundefined:EastAsiaandthePacifichasnarrowedthisgapby94.9%,but“therehasbeenvirtuallynoprogressmadeinclosingthegapinthelast15years.” AnalysisoftheimpactoftheCOVID-19pandemicshowsthereisamoreseveredestructionofoverallrolesinindustrieswithhigherparticipationofwomen,suchastheConsumersector,Non-profits,andMediaandCommunication.Alonger“double-shift”ofpaidandunpaidworkinacontextofschoolclosuresandlimitedavailabilityofcareserviceshavealsocontributedtoanoverallincreaseofstress,anxietyaroundjobinsecurityanddifficultyinmaintainingwork-lifebalanceamongwomenwithchildren. Topavethewayforamoregender-equalfutureofwork,thereportrecommends: (1)furtherinvestmentsintothecaresectorandintoequitableaccesstocareleaveformenandwomen;(2)policiesandpracticesproactivelyfocusedonovercomingoccupationalsegregationbygender;and(3)effectivemid-careerreskillingpolicies,combinedwithmanagerialpractices,whichembedsound,unbiasedhiringandpromotionpractices. Contents Preface KeyFindings Chapter1:BenchmarkingGenderGaps:FindingsfromtheGlobalGenderGapIndex2021 Chapter2:ImpactoftheCOVID-9PandemiconEconomicGenderGaps Chapter3:GenderGapsinJobsofTomorrow Chapter4:ShapingaGender-EqualRecovery AppendixA:RegionalClassifications AppendixB:TheGlobalGenderGapIndexMethodologyandTechnicalNotes User’sGuide:HowtoReadtheCountryProfiles CountryProfiles ContributorsandAcknowledgements ThereportwasoriginallypublishedontheWorldEconomicForumwebsite.   RelatedResources WomeninAgricultureInitiative:2020AnnualReport ARoadmapforPrivateInvestors:InvestingtoAddressGender-basedViolence InvestinginWomenPhase2(2019-23)Mid-Termreview InvestinginWomenPhase2(2019-23)Mid-TermReviewPathway1Report Youmayalsobeinterestedin Challenginggendernorms,reinventinggenderrolesandcollaboratinginthefaceofapandemic The PhilippineBusinessCoalitionforWomenEmpowerment (PBCWE)—apartnerofInvestinginWomen—andthePhilippineWomen’sEconomicNetwork(PhilWEN)presented... 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