ANTH 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Economic Forum, Occupational Segregation, Human Capital
11 Dec 2016
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Gender inequality: differences between women and men due to gender, resulting differences in power(money, status, in uences) Gender equality: refers to parity between women and men; neither sex faces discrimination or injustice due to gender; don"t expect differences in power. Egalitarian society: the rights, privileges, constraints and degrees or personal autonomy of both sexes are largely congruent throughout the life course, even though they are not perfectly symmetrical. 1: finland, norway, none are 100%, still have a gender gap, 84-87% gap closed. Bottom 3 countries: syria, pakistan, yemen, have only closed 51-56% of gender gap. 2016: 35 & score 73. 5: going backwards, along with the states, canadian centre for policy alternatives: calculates it will take 228 years to close canada"s gap. 1: economic participation and opportunity: 73, educational attainment: 100, health and survival: 96. 9% Global scores: political empowerment: 23, economic participation and opportunity: 59, educational attainment: 95, health and survival: 96% Gender inequality has implications for a countries economy.
