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Bangladesh leads South Asia in the gender equity, successful compared to its neighbouring countries in closing the gender gap, a report says.

The country stands 72 among 144 countries in the world in the Global Gender Gap Index 2016 prepared by World Economic Forum.


Bangladesh recorded progress in political empowerment gender gap, but the gap on women’s labour force participation and estimated earned income widened, the report says.

India, which stands 87 in the index, follows Bangladesh. The two leaders are chronologically followed by Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan and Pakistan.

The report found the US fell from 28th place last year to 45th when it came to closing the gap. The WEF said that’s primarily due to a more transparent measure for estimated earned income.

Iceland ranked the number 1 country in the Global Gender Gap Index. Through the Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum.quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their
progress over time, with a specific focus on the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas: health, education, economy and politics.

The 2016 Report covers 144 countries. More than a decade of data has revealed that progress is still too slow for realizing the full potential of one half of humanity within our lifetimes.
 
It would had been looked far better if we fared below 70. Sri Lanka iis behind India, strange. I seen Sri Lanka is falling behind in some key parameter recently which they used to lead.

@Gibbs
 
Have been to Iceland for vacation. Lovely country with amazing people. I have seen women everywhere, from hosting in the flight I took to running businesses in Reykjavik.

On topic - Its a good progress. We should target to come below 50 in years down the line.
 
Gender equity is important but what our 2 ladies have done so far???
Women are still mentally not strong enough.
 
Have been to Iceland for vacation. Lovely country with amazing people. I have seen women everywhere, from hosting in the flight I took to running businesses in Reykjavik.

On topic - Its a good progress. We should target to come below 50 in years down the line.
Thankfully it won't happen. Their "women empowerment" is specifically focusing on women and handing them things just because they are women. Gender equality is nothing about gender equality but rather "women empowerment" through giving them special privileges.
 
Thankfully it won't happen. Their "women empowerment" is specifically focusing on women and handing them things just because they are women. Gender equality is nothing about gender equality but rather "women empowerment" through giving them special privileges.

Well yes, everyone has their own equation to relate women empowerment and gender equality. However statistically speaking, the initial factor such surveys perceive to 'prove' gender equality is women empowerment, as it seems to be the most glaring in contrast to other parameters.

I have lived in Sweden where people equate women empowerment with feminism and take them to be directly proportional. The result? Well you can guess!
 
We need to feature in top 20 list, 72 is still not good, lots to be in the south Asian region.
 
Bangladesh is really making huge strides in Human Development Indices. My respects to the nation. I can only imagine how quickly they could have gone higher had they split into a separate nation (instead of being lumped with Pakistan). Hans rosling (the awesome statistician from sweden) heaps a lot of praise on BD as well.

talking about this:

the gain in development is very pronounced after independence (the data in the video shows it very well)
 
Bangladesh is really making huge strides in Human Development Indices. My respects to the nation. I can only imagine how quickly they could have gone higher had they split into a separate nation (instead of being lumped with Pakistan). Hans rosling (the awesome statistician from sweden) heaps a lot of praise on BD as well.

talking about this:

the gain in development is very pronounced after independence (the data in the video shows it very well)

I myself personally think Bengali leadership wasn't very different from Ayub Khan..Ayub khan was involved in lots of development of East Pakistan.

However After 1971, The freedom war worked as a motivation. We as a nation worked very hard. Economists call this development as Bangladesh Paradox..

imagine after 1971 we didn't have money to buy common medicines. So we exchanged Jutes for Medicines. And Now We even export Medicine to USA. It's only 40 years. We are very optimistic about our future. Thank you for the video
 
I myself personally think Bengali leadership wasn't very different from Ayub Khan..Ayub khan was involved in lots of development of East Pakistan.

However After 1971, The freedom war worked as a motivation. We as a nation worked very hard. Economists call this development as Bangladesh Paradox..

imagine after 1971 we didn't have money to buy common medicines. So we exchanged Jutes for Medicines. And Now We even export Medicine to USA. It's only 40 years. We are very optimistic about our future. Thank you for the video

As you can see in the statistics, the drastic change occured after 1972 - and its VERY visible change. You can believe that there was development before that as well, the data doest support that.
 
Bangladesh is really making huge strides in Human Development Indices. My respects to the nation. I can only imagine how quickly they could have gone higher had they split into a separate nation (instead of being lumped with Pakistan). Hans rosling (the awesome statistician from sweden) heaps a lot of praise on BD as well.

talking about this:

the gain in development is very pronounced after independence (the data in the video shows it very well)

Great video! Have always been a fan of Rosling. He is one of the most respected minds in Sweden.
 
Gender equity is important but what our 2 ladies have done so far???
Women are still mentally not strong enough.

Obviously - you are not married.

'mentally not strong' - I don't know what to say.....:lol:

Go watch some Pakistani dramas on Urdu1.....those are reflections on reality. :laugh:
 
I have lived in Sweden where people equate women empowerment with feminism and take them to be directly proportional. The result? Well you can guess!
A country with high level of taxes and extremely expensive living costs!
 
Bangladesh really shown other countries , how to control population and now the gender equality :) ..you guys are really doing great in some areas .
 

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