Pakistan ranks 127 out of 130 countries in Global Gender Gap ranking

ISLAMABAD: According to Global Gender Gap report 2008 released by World Economic Forum on Wednesday, Pakistan ranked 127 out of 130 countries in this year’s Global Gender Gap rankings,

According to the Global Gap Report 2008 (GGGR), published each year by the World Economic Forum, the social and economic empowerment of women was still very low and they were still struggling for their livelihood and survival.

The report provides a comprehensive framework for assessing and comparing global gender gaps in 92 GGG Report. It ranks countries according to gender equality rather than women empowerment; focuses on measuring gaps rather than levels and measuring those gaps in outcome variables rather than input variables.

There are fourteen gender gap indices, which focus on economic participation and opportunity available to women, educational attainment, health and survival as well as political empowerment Pakistan has ranked poorly in almost all categories. However it has fared well in empowering women politically as it ranks 50th out of 130 countries.

Norway leads the world in closing the gender gap followed by Finland, Sweden and Iceland, Germany (11), United Kingdom (13) and Spain (17) slipped down the ranking, but remained in the top 20 slots. Many countries like Netherlands (9), Latvia (10), Sri Lanka (12) and France made magnificent gains.

The report identifies gaps in most socio-economic areas of the country. Pakistan ranks 117th in both women’s literacy rate and workforce population; in healthy life expectancy, it ranked 115th enrollment in primary education it ranked 110th, in wage equality for similar work it ranked 60th while in years of female head of state it ranked at number 5.

Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) is a joint initiative of the United State Agency for International Trade and Development (USAID) and the Government of Pakistan Ministry of Finance established to reposition Pakistan’s economy in a more globally competitive footing.

USAID’s support for CSF is part of the $2.8 billion aid that the US Government has provided to Pakistan since 2002 to improve economic growth, education health and governance and to reconstruct the earthquake-affected areas.

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