SDG 05: Gender Equality
Global Gender Gap Report 2021
Another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021. As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to...
Gender Parity Accelerators
Gender parity in education and employment is critical for economic growth and societal cohesion. The World Economic Forum estimates that at the current rate of progress, it will take 267.6 years to close the economic gender gap. While countries are well-placed to maximize women’s economic potential, it is imperative to instate well-targeted policies and interventions embed gender equality in COVID-19 response and recovery policies.
Through the latest edition of the Global Gender Gap Index, the Centre of New Economy and Society has identified four key focus areas to accelerate closing of the economic gender gap in times of COVID-19:
1. Hardwire gender parity in the post COVID-19 world of work: reskilling women to be ready for re-employment in high growth sectors
2. Close gender gaps in remuneration between and within sectors: enhancing work quality and pay standards across currently low paid essential work
3. Enable women's participation in the labour force: enhancing social safety nets, specifically on provision of childcare support
4. Advance more women into management and leadership positions: setting targets for women in leadership on a government and business level
The Gender Parity Accelerators aim to create global and national public-private collaboration platforms to address current gender gaps and reshape gender parity for the future. The accelerator model drives systems change, highlighting the need for collaborative action across different scales – not just institutional structures and policies but also norms, attitudes and through individual business commitments.
To catalyse closing the economic gender gap, Accelerators focus on:
National Level Action: The accelerator model brings together public and private sector leaders, generally Ministers and CEO's, to generate local insight, develop local needs-based action plans and drive their execution.
Global Learning Network: Each country accelerator along with knowledge countries are part of a global platform, to enable the acceleration of learning through the exchange of insights and experience.
Closing the Gender Gap Playbook: The Playbook looks to provide a guide for stakeholders with tools, resources and processes for action to achieve economic gender parity. It is a living document which is continuously updated with the learnings from the Global Accelerator Network and the work done by the rest of the Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and Society.
The Gender Parity Accelerators also call for quantifiable commitments from leading companies to increase workforce opportunities and accelerate gender parity in the future of work. In addition, we are asking global industry leaders to commit to this framework from a global perspective.
Country Portfolio
In Latin America and the Caribbean, accelerators have been convened in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico and Panama in partnership with the InterAmerican Development Bank. Egypt and Jordan host Accelerators in the Middle East and North Africa. Kazakhstan and Japan host Accelerators in Asia.
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