{"id":11938,"date":"2015-11-24T05:29:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T05:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=11938"},"modified":"2015-11-24T05:37:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T05:37:22","slug":"gender-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/gender-gap","title":{"rendered":"Gender Equality Is Now Better In Rwanda Than In Most Developed Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The central African nation ranked number 6, far ahead developed countries such as the United States, France, or Germany.<\/p>\n<h2>The\u00a0report<\/h2>\n<p>The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an independent\u00a0Swiss nonprofit foundation\u00a0based in\u00a0Geneva, Switzerland. The organization publishes a series of research reports and engages its members in sector specific initiatives. The Global Gender Gap Report\u00a0studies critical areas of inequality between men and women in 145 countries, especially in the following four sectors:\u00a0economics, education, health and politics.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11940\" style=\"width: 706px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/017625927_30300.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"706\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/017625927_30300.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/017625927_30300-600x327.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/017625927_30300-85x46.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccaidd.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/017625927_30300.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Africa is bridging the gap<\/h2>\n<p>Rwanda is among the countries with the smallest gender gap. The country ranks number 1 in wage equality and it is one of the few places where women\u00a0outnumber\u00a0men in the Parliament (second behind Bolivia). Two other African countries figure on the top 20 list: Namibia (16th) and South Africa (17th). Burundi and Mozambique made the top 30 list.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11945\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/b9d2qyvicaawkfa-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/b9d2qyvicaawkfa-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/b9d2qyvicaawkfa-1-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/b9d2qyvicaawkfa-1-85x56.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/B9D2QyVIcAAwkfa.jpg:large\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The stars and the poor performers<\/h2>\n<p>According to the report, the global gender gap has diminished by 4% in the past decade. It will take another 118 years until this gap finally closes. It is no surprise that\u00a0Nordic nations made the top 4. Iceland is first, Norway is second, Finland is third and Sweden is fourth.<\/p>\n<p>In Sri Lanka, Mali, Croatia, the\u00a0Slovak Republic, Jordan and Iran, prospects for women have deteriorated. The United States also fell by 8 spots to 28th because of changes in ministerial level positions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11942\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/equality2.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"704\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/equality2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/equality2-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.brad.ac.uk\/management\/experts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Equality2.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/women-airline\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0Ethiopian Airlines Celebrates Women With Its First All-Female Operated Flight.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Economic Forum published the 2015 Global Gender Gap report, which is a study<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gender Equality Is Now Better In Rwanda Than In Most Developed Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Global Gender Gap Report studies critical areas of inequality between men and women in 145 countries.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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