Out of the 30 Union Ministers in the new cabinet of the NDA formed government of India, only two are women. Overall, the number of ministers in the Union Council has come down from 10 in the previous government to seven. This reflects the unfortunate condition of women in India. A strange gender gap has been observed in India in comparison to the whole world.
Report of ‘World Economy Forum’
The Global Gender Work Report, published in the ‘World Economy Forum’, is the 18th installment of this report. India is ranked third lowest among South Asian economies, its condition is worse than Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan.
India reached 129th position in Gender Gap Report
The World Economic Forum has recently published the Global Gender Gap Report 2024. In this, India has reached 129th place out of 146 countries. Which is much behind compared to last year. The global gender gap score of all 146 countries is 68.5 percent. According to the data revealed, if we try to make equality between women and men, it will take 134 years.
It will take 5 generations to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2023. These figures reveal that there is no country in the world that has been able to achieve complete gender equality. While many countries have reduced the gap in 97% of their economies by more than 60%, till 2006 it was only 85%.
Decline in educational and political empowerment
Last year, India was ranked 127th in this index. Whereas in 2022, it was ranked 135th. According to the report of the year 2023, India has bridged 64.3 percent of the total gender gap, which shows some positive improvement in India as compared to India’s 2020 (66.8 percent). Actually, the reason behind this decline is that there has been a decline in educational and political empowerment of women. At the same time, economic participation and opportunity have already improved.
The participation of women in Parliament is 17.2 percent
India is among those countries where gender equality is the lowest in every field. This means that while men in India earn an average of Rs 100, women earn Rs 39.8. India ranks 65th in terms of political empowerment of women. In India, the participation of women in the Parliament is still 17.2 percent, which is very low compared to other countries.
India’s position in the South Asian region
India is ranked 129th while its neighbouring countries Bangladesh is ranked 99th, China 106th, Nepal 117th, Sri Lanka 122nd, Bhutan 124th and Pakistan 145th. Iceland is once again in first place with 93.5 percent.
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