Report by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) for the Asia-Pacific region
June 28 , 2018 2264 days 869 0
According to a recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) for the Asia-Pacific region, gender inequality in India is extremely high at the workplace and in terms of legal protection and political voice.
India’s score was 0.30 in gender equality at work and 0.78 in legal protection and political voice.
It is behind Asia-Pacific average in all four categories of GPS, but ahead of Bangladesh and Pakistan.
The report had assessed inequality on the basis of Gender Parity Score (GPS) that uses 15 indicators of gender equality in work and society under four broad categories.
It ranks countries on a scale of 0 (signifying inequality) to 1 (signifying parity).