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The global gender gap in 2022 has closed by 68.1%, according to a report by the international organization which, however, highlights that Latin America is in a better position than other regions.
It takes at least 132 years for the world to reach full gender parity, according to the most recent analysis by the World Economic Forum. The figure is better than a year ago, when the estimate was 136 years, but much worse compared to the 100 years required before the pandemic.
Progress in gender parity is calculated annually by this body on a scale from zero to one hundred that measures the distance that has been traveled to close that gap, in which 100 would mean that it has already been completely eliminated. By 2022, that gap between women and men was 68.1%.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks third among all regions, after North America and Europe, in the overall gender gap index. And if things continue as they are, the region will close its gender gap in 67 years, according to the WEF.
Among the most notable advances among the 146 countries covered by the index in 2022, the reduction of the gender gap in health and survival stands out, with 95.8%, and educational attainment by 94.4%, while the economic participation and opportunities has closed its gap at just 60.3% and political empowerment at 22%.
According to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women, only 13 countries in the world have at least the same number of women and men in their governments. Among them are Chile, Colombia, Spain and Nicaragua.
Albania, for its part, is the country with the most women in its government cabinet, with eight ministers out of a total of 12, followed by Finland and Spain. The rest of the countries with parity governments are Liechtenstein, Belgium, Mozambique, Andorra, Germany, the Netherlands and Norway.
At the other extreme are the nine countries that have government cabinets without women. Among them, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Yemen.
The report indicates that, within governments, women tend to occupy the portfolios related to Human Rights, Equality and Social Affairs; while its presence is much less common in the Justice and Interior, Economy and Defense departments.
With EFE and Reuters
