The World Economic Forum estimates that it will take 132 years before women and men have the same wages, opportunities and rights. Germany performed particularly poorly in one category.
The grim conclusion of the World Economic Forum (WEF): The pandemic has halted long-term trends in gender equality and set it back a generation. The World Economic Forum calculated in its Global Gender Gap Report that it will take another 132 years before women and men around the world have the same opportunities, salaries and rights.
The report has been released annually since 2006. The latest survey examines the opportunities of men and women in health, education, economic participation and political participation in 146 countries. It turns out the coronavirus pandemic has pushed women around the world back into traditional images.
Cooking, cleaning, and taking care of children were all tasks that were mainly done by women before the COVID-19 pandemic. With kindergartens and schools closed around the world during the pandemic, these additional burdens once again fall primarily on women.
Research says: “Progress in closing the global gender gap is too slow to make up for the losses accumulated during the pandemic.” Gender equality in the workforce is now at its lowest level on record. Researchers fear women will be particularly affected by rising global living costs. Saadia Zahidi, managing director of
WEF, said the world now needs to take targeted measures to help women return to working life and promote female talent in the industries of the future: “Otherwise, we face a permanent undermining of the achievements of recent decades. Risk.”
The advantages and disadvantages of gender equality in Germany
Germany ranks 10th in this year’s ranking, its highest ever ranking. But: In the "Economic Participation and Opportunities" category, Germany is losing points on all indicators, falling back to 2009 levels. examines whether men and women are paid equally for their work in this category, and Germany fares particularly poorly in this category, ranking 105th in the global comparison.
Germany performs best in the "Political Participation" category, making the biggest gains since 2006. The proportion of women in the Bundestag and the number of female ministers perform well.
In comparisons in the "Education" category, Germany closed the equity gap by almost 98%. However, many other countries performed better, with Germany ranking only 81st in this category.
The "Health and Survival" category primarily assesses life expectancy. Little has changed in Germany in this regard. 97% equal opportunity for men and women.
Germany is the highest-ranking country among the G7 countries, and the United States ranks 27th. Japan ranks very low, ranking only 116th out of 146 countries, far lower than Italy, which ranks 63rd. Among the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), only Turkey, ranked 124th, ranks lower than Japan.
China ranks 102nd and South Korea ranks 99th.
Iceland is a model for gender equality
Iceland has been the undisputed number one in global rankings for many years and has now been able to reduce the gap between men and women by more than 90%. It is followed by Finland , Norway and New Zealand . Sweden , Rwanda , Nicaragua , Namibia and Ireland are ahead of Germany.
From a regional perspective, North America is the pioneer. According to the World Economic Forum's category calculations, it will be 59 years before women and men in North America truly have equal rights. It will take another 60 years for Europe to achieve equal opportunities for men and women. South Asia is the worst, and it will take nearly 200 years for women to catch up with men.
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