A New Global Measure of Gender Progress

April 20, 2017 Articles, INSEAD, Media / Op-ed
A New Global Measure of Gender Progress Kai L. Chan, Distinguished Fellow, INSEAD Innovation & Policy Initiative | April 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_3383" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Societies should look beyond where women fall behind and instead try to tap the full potential of both sexes.[/caption] Inequality is the “defining issue of our time”, said then U.S. President Barack Obama in 2011 and again in 2013. The next year Pope Francis tweeted that inequality was the root of all social evil. And the IMF issued a report in 2015 framing income inequality as the “defining challenge of our time”. Where does gender fit in the inequality picture? In most countries, women who want to work face more hurdles than men and, when employed, are often paid less for the same work. Another report by the IMF showed how gender income gaps dampen productivity and growth at the worldwide level. There’s no question that closing gender gaps – typically understood as giving women equal rights – is a pressing issue. However, I would argue that just as society loses when women fall short, so too when men are stifled. What Jack can do so can Jill, and vice versa Take countries like Rwanda, Nicaragua…

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