THE PHILIPPINES slipped two spots in the latest gender gap rankings released by the World Economic Forum (WEF), as the number of women participating in the labor force remained low amid the coronavirus pandemic.
out of 146 countries with a score of 0.783. This was slightly lower than 0.784 in 2021, when the Philippines ranked 17The scores are based on a 0 to 1 scale, where 1 represents optimal gender parity.
Despite this, the Philippines had the second-highest ranking in East Asia and the Pacific, after New Zealand which placed 4“East Asia and the Pacific has closed 69% of its overall gender gap, marginally increasing the regional performance from the 2021 edition, with 13 of 19 countries improving their gender gap score. At this pace, the region will need 168 years to close the gender gap,” the WEF said.straight year, followed by Finland and Norway. While 68.
MBC is one of the WEF-Center for the New Economy and Society’s partner institutes as provided in the 2022 Global Gender Gap report. “MBC will continue to work with government agencies to promote fair and equal wages and to provide growth opportunities so more women can take on leadership roles in both public and private organizations,” she added.place out of 36 economies in terms of women representation in leadership positions, according to professional networking platform LinkedIn.
“Among the countries studied in the APAC region, the Philippines has the highest representation of women in leadership at 41%, followed by Singapore , New Zealand , Australia and India ,” it added.
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