Gender Gap Mapped

 The World economic forum looking at the gender Gap between women and men in 2013. Great interactive map below to allow students to examine differences across countries. Countries are scored out of a value of 1 under the 4 categories below and given a positional rank relative to other countries. Good idea to get students to choose 3 countries and consider why differences exist. Here is an example.

 The UK is ranked 18th overall with a score of 0.7. The UK achieves a maximum score of 1.0 in the categories of educational attainment and health. Political empowerment of women is the lowest category score (0.3). In terms of Health and survival the UK is ranked 92nd. France is the number one ranked country in this category.

 Yemen is the lowest ranked country as women in this country lack many of the political and economic freedoms enjoyed by men. Iceland is the highest ranked country. 40% of the parliament in Iceland are women a much higher representation level than the 22% in the UK and the 2% in The Yemen.

 Students can produce their own graphs by using the map below and suggest ways to narrow the Gender gap.

 More information on the report can be found at Global Gender Gap