Original title: Global gender equality ranking: Nordic countries account for the top few, Japan fell to the lowest in history
On the 17th, the world economic forum released the global gender gap report, which investigates the situation of gender equality in countries around the world. Among the 153 countries, Iceland is the most equal country for men and women, ranking first for 11 consecutive years. However, due to the serious inequality between men and women in politics, economy and other fields, Japan fell to 121, which also set the lowest record in Japan.
According to the NHK television station of Japan, the world economic forum sponsored by Davos forum, which aims to study and explore the problems existing in the world economy and promote international economic cooperation and exchange, will investigate the situation of gender equality in countries around the world from the four fields of politics, economy, education and health every year. Tuyuan / NHK TV station
On the 17th, the annual survey report was released. Of the 153 countries with the least inequality between men and women is Iceland, which has topped the list for 11 years. The second to fourth places were Norway, Finland and Sweden. As in previous years, the top few are occupied by the Nordic countries. The United States ranked 53, China 106 and South Korea 108.
From the perspective of women's political participation in various countries, Spain has increased 21 places to 8th place compared with last year, and Ethiopia has increased by 35 places to 82nd place. These are countries that have made great progress. However, due to the low proportion of women in Parliament and enterprise management, Japan's ranking dropped 11 places from last year to the lowest 121 in history.
In terms of the world average in the political field, the proportion of women in the lower house of Representatives is 25.2%, and that of cabinet members is 21.2%. However, the proportion of women in Japan is much lower than the average, with only 10.1% in the house of Representatives and 5.3% in the cabinet. Japan's current affairs news agency pointed out that Abe's government has carried out the "women's Activism" policy for more than six years, and has achieved little.
The global gender gap report, released by the world economic forum, is a report showing the gap between men and women in the world in economic status, learning opportunities, political participation and health and welfare. The first report was published in Switzerland in 2006 and has since been published annually. The world economic forum said that it would take at least a hundred years to eliminate the problem of inequality between men and women in the world. It is hoped that all countries will attach importance to this problem and begin to solve it.