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ARMENIA BEHIND EUROPE IN GENDER EQUITY, SAYS WATCHDOG GROUP
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Social Watch In terms of gender equity Armenia lags behind the European
average, but is in a better condition than its European neighbors.
This is made apparent by the publication of the Gender Equity
Index (GEI) 2012, published by Social Watch on the eve of Women's
International Day, March 8.
The GEI prepared annually by Social Watch measures the gap between
women and men in education the economy and political empowerment. The
index is an average of the inequalities in the three dimensions. In
literacy, it examines the gender gap in enrolment at all levels;
economic participation computes the gaps in income and employment;
empowerment measures the gaps in highly qualified jobs, parliament
and senior executive positions.
Social Watch measures the gap between women and men, not their
wellbeing. Thus, a country in which young men and women have equal
access to the university receives a value of 100 on this particular
indicator. In the same fashion, a country in which boys and girls are
equally barred from completing primary education would also be awarded
a value of 100. This does not mean that the quality of education in
both cases is the same. It ust establishes that, in both cases girls
are not less educated than boys.
Armenia's 70 points rank it among those countries with LOW GEI. The
country's index seats three points below Europe's average, which is
73, and above its European neighbours Turkey (45), Azerbaijan (64)
and Georgia (67).. It should be noted that Armenia is far behind
those countries leading the score (as Norway, Finland and Iceland),
but also below Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Spain and Mongolia, all of
them above 80 points, which place them as countries with a MEDIUM GEI.
Out of the other European countries, Armenia is above Ukraine (69),
Malta (63) and Belarus (64), Cyprus, Georgia (67) and Luxembourg
(68), and in the same step of Italy (70).
The five levels according to which the index measures the gender
gap are: CRITICAL, VERY LOW, LOW, MEDIUM AND ACCEPTABLE, It should
be noted that no country has reached 90 points or more, meaning that
no country has yet reached the ACCEPTABLE level.
The only dimension in which Armenia reaches an acceptable value
is education (100 points), while in economic participation and
empowerment the country's performance is much less praiseworthy:
74 and 36 respectively (LOW and CRITICAL).
Norway, Finland and Iceland are at the top of Europe and also the
world, with 89, 88 and 87 points respectively. The three European
countries that present largest gender gaps are Malta (63), Albania
(55) and Turkey (45).
Out of the 154 countries computed by the IEG 2012 those five in the
worst global situation are the Republic of Congo (29), Niger (26),
Chad (25), Yemen (24) and Afghanistan (15).
Social Watch members are spread across all regions. The network fights
for the eradication of poverty and its causes, the elimination of
all forms of discrimination and racism and to ensure an equitable
distribution of wealth and the realization of human rights.
For a detailed description of methodology sources see
www.socialwatch.org
asbarez
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Social Watch In terms of gender equity Armenia lags behind the European
average, but is in a better condition than its European neighbors.
This is made apparent by the publication of the Gender Equity
Index (GEI) 2012, published by Social Watch on the eve of Women's
International Day, March 8.
The GEI prepared annually by Social Watch measures the gap between
women and men in education the economy and political empowerment. The
index is an average of the inequalities in the three dimensions. In
literacy, it examines the gender gap in enrolment at all levels;
economic participation computes the gaps in income and employment;
empowerment measures the gaps in highly qualified jobs, parliament
and senior executive positions.
Social Watch measures the gap between women and men, not their
wellbeing. Thus, a country in which young men and women have equal
access to the university receives a value of 100 on this particular
indicator. In the same fashion, a country in which boys and girls are
equally barred from completing primary education would also be awarded
a value of 100. This does not mean that the quality of education in
both cases is the same. It ust establishes that, in both cases girls
are not less educated than boys.
Armenia's 70 points rank it among those countries with LOW GEI. The
country's index seats three points below Europe's average, which is
73, and above its European neighbours Turkey (45), Azerbaijan (64)
and Georgia (67).. It should be noted that Armenia is far behind
those countries leading the score (as Norway, Finland and Iceland),
but also below Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Spain and Mongolia, all of
them above 80 points, which place them as countries with a MEDIUM GEI.
Out of the other European countries, Armenia is above Ukraine (69),
Malta (63) and Belarus (64), Cyprus, Georgia (67) and Luxembourg
(68), and in the same step of Italy (70).
The five levels according to which the index measures the gender
gap are: CRITICAL, VERY LOW, LOW, MEDIUM AND ACCEPTABLE, It should
be noted that no country has reached 90 points or more, meaning that
no country has yet reached the ACCEPTABLE level.
The only dimension in which Armenia reaches an acceptable value
is education (100 points), while in economic participation and
empowerment the country's performance is much less praiseworthy:
74 and 36 respectively (LOW and CRITICAL).
Norway, Finland and Iceland are at the top of Europe and also the
world, with 89, 88 and 87 points respectively. The three European
countries that present largest gender gaps are Malta (63), Albania
(55) and Turkey (45).
Out of the 154 countries computed by the IEG 2012 those five in the
worst global situation are the Republic of Congo (29), Niger (26),
Chad (25), Yemen (24) and Afghanistan (15).
Social Watch members are spread across all regions. The network fights
for the eradication of poverty and its causes, the elimination of
all forms of discrimination and racism and to ensure an equitable
distribution of wealth and the realization of human rights.
For a detailed description of methodology sources see
www.socialwatch.org