tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866242447606383181.post8879821394469083678..comments2023-10-06T14:30:48.719+02:00Comments on On the road to discovery: Roxanna Samii blog: Gender gap - a universal and global phenomenon - let's join forces to bridge this gap #LeadOnCaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933270079603837958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866242447606383181.post-28642341376405878372015-03-02T17:23:38.097+01:002015-03-02T17:23:38.097+01:00Great blog! Just a few comments. Understanding gen...Great blog! Just a few comments. Understanding gender gaps requires to look into different aspects, such as democracy gaps and more importantly cultural, educational and social aspects. The Global Gender Gap Index 2014 according to the World Economic Forum gives as the best five performers in terms of scores Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, while USA and Egypt rank 20 and 129 respectively out of 142 countries. While the five Nordic countries and USA have more women attending tertiary education compared to men, when it comes to political empowerment women in these five countries are basically equally represented compared to men in parliament and ministerial positions but the number of American women in these positions remains much lower. Therefore, reduction of the gender gap requires political empowerment of women so that they can contribute to shape social/labour market policies. Improvement of these policies will help more women enter the labour market and make a contribution to economic growth. In other countries cultural and social norms are still impeding to reduce the gender gap and there education is fundamental to tackle this issue.betty51bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486840461199484250noreply@blogger.com