India Must Close The Gender Gap And Make Every Woman Count
by The Daily Eye Team April 11 2016, 3:39 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secsIn India, the gender gap — the differences between women and men, especially as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments or attitudes — is pervasive across all sectors. In the last few years, several reports, starting from the World Bank’s 2012 World Development Report to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) 2015 Gender Gap Report have said that the country still has miles to go in bridging the gender gap in the areas of health, education and economics, if not politics.