gender

The article explores “The Global Gender Gap Report 2013” and identifies countries that have strived to close the gender gap. It evaluates the findings of the annual report since its inception in 2006. The report presents its findings using four parameters: political empowerment, economic participation, health and educational attainment.
The article tries to identify initiatives in different countries that have been successful in closing the gender gap in political, economic and social circles. The initiatives, especially in Scandinavian countries, include the adoption of equality in health, education and the labor force. The article is relevant as it evaluates real findings about successful initiatives that can be replicated elsewhere to ensure women empowerment in society.
Worley states that closing the gender gap is not important for equality, but also has economic benefits to countries. For instance, countries that have successfully invested in educating their women and used their talent economically have improved their competitiveness. he argues that the diversity that results from such efforts improves economic performance. However, there are issues that remain unaddressed. For instance, some critics point out various policy and organizational barriers that face women work-life balance. These include workplace equality, taxation, childcare and leave, which affect women and their decisions to take up employment.
Critique
The author attributes the good performance of the Scandinavian countries partly to the high proportion of their women in the labor force. Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland have consistently topped in the global report due to the minimal salary gaps between the genders as well as many women taking high-skil...

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...purpose was to evaluate what the top performing countries have done in order to record lower gender gaps. She maintains the article’s objectivity by focusing on the figures used in the report to compare both the top and bottom countries. She also incorporates critics’ views on what further actions should be done to ensure more success. The article maintains its focus by evaluating important segments that would reflect the effectiveness of elimination of gender gaps i.e. economic, social and political participation. Therefore, it makes a commendable effort in including as much relevant information as possible from various perspectives. This ensures that in the end it is apparent that countries have to adopt favorable policies and initiatives that tackle the issue. Generally, it is a well-written and in-depth article that evaluates the issue in an objective manner.