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Report by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) for the Asia-Pacific region

June 28 , 2018 2152 days 816 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).

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