Gender Equality Around The World
Geography and gender equality
Gender Equality
- men and women deserve equal human rights
- goes back to 1957 when the principle of equal pay for equal work became part of the Treaty of Rome.
Gender Empowerment Measure
- the measurement of gender equality
- based on:
- estimates of women's income
- participation in higher economic sector
- women's accessibility to professional and parliamentary positions
- if the rank is high, it means the gap between genders are small
- gaps between genders still remain even in the most high ranked countries
Geographic differences of gender equality
Gender equality
Geography and gender relations
- if gender equality affects geography, counter effect will be present (gender affects geography, geography affects gender)
Examples:
- the design and use of urban and rural environments affected by the roles of women
- Development of Third World (with low GEM rank)
- regional economic restructuring
- changing political geographies
- migration