Which of the following gives ‘Global Gender Gap Index’ ranking to the countries of the world ?
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Answer: A. The Global Gender Gap Index is published every year by the World Economic Forum in its Global Gender Gap Report, first issued in 2006. It ranks countries on economic participation, education, health and political empowerment. So World Economic Forum.
Watch for: Watch for UNDP's Gender Inequality Index; it is a different index from a different body.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because the UN Human Rights Council does not publish country gender rankings.
- C. Wrong because UN Women does not publish this index; UNDP publishes the Gender Inequality Index.
- D. Wrong because WHO deals with health, not gender gap rankings.
Source to check: World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap Report 2016 (weforum.org)
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