women's rights Flashcards
definition of gender inequality
The unequal treatment of individuals based upon their gender
Sustainable development goal 5
achieve gender inequality and in power all women and girls
CEDAW
convention for the elimination of discrimination agents women
GII
gender inequality index
who devised the GLL
United Nations
what does the GLL measure?
reproductive health
empowerment - parliamentary seats occupied
the force labour participation rate
what’s the global gender inequality gap
indicator that aims to track inequality over time, measures four main catogries and gives a score between 0-1 (1 being the highest)
what four categories does the global gender inequality gap measure?
heath
education
economic participation
political empowerment
top 3 scoring countries in the GGIG
Iceland
Norway
Finland
Sweden
no.7 - phillpines, highest asian economy
top 2 bottom scoring countries
Kuwait
UAE
since 2006 what % of counties have made progress
94%, political empowerment made the most progresss
factors that make closing the gender gap hard
-fourced marriage
-traffking into forced labour
-acsess to health care and education
-employment opportunity
-wadge employment
-violance agents women
-acsess to reproductive health acre
