Global Gender Gap Report 2021: Japan falls, Germany rises, and gender equality still far off
TL;DR
Japan has fallen nine positions to 125th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum's gender gap report, with low scores for women's participation in politics and the economy. Female participation in politics stood at 5.7%, with 10% of parliamentary lawmakers and 8.3% of ministers being women, while there has never been a female prime minister. However, women's access to education and healthcare scored highly.
Topics:worldsocial-issues#gender-gap#japan#political-representation#social-issues#womens-participation#world-economic-forum
- Japan falls nine positions to 125th in WEF gender gap report The Japan Times
- Germany up to 6th in gender equality list, Iceland stays top DW (English)
- Another 131 years to close gender gap, World Economic Forum report finds South China Morning Post
- Report: women won't achieve gender equality with men for another 131 years CNN
- US falls behind in shrinking the gender gap, World Economic Forum says Yahoo Finance
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