Gender Gap Report: Pakistan ranked second-worst in the world

Pakistan is the second-worst country in the world in terms of gender parity as per the Global Gender Gap Report 2022. In a report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday, Pakistan is ranked 145 out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index.

The report examined gender differences in 146 nations in a variety of fields, including politics, health, economic opportunities, and education.

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The report says that Pakistan is a nation where women have the least proportion of senior executive and legislative jobs.

“Pakistan is the country where women have the smallest share of senior, managerial and legislative roles (4.5%), compared to Jamaica, where women represent 56.6% of workers in that category, or Togo, which has the highest share of women in senior roles,” revealed the WEF report.

Labour-force participation of women has also seen a reduction of 1.9 percentage points in 2022.

Pakistan was one of the five nations with a gender gap of more than 5 per cent — the others being Qatar, Azerbaijan, China, and India.