09 July 2016
- RSIS
- Publication
- External Publications
- IS THERE ANY “MAGIC FORMULA” FOR ACHIEVING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION IN DECISION-MAKING IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS WORLDWIDE?
Japan was not highly ranked in the economic participation and political empowerment areas in the 2016 World Economic Forum Gender Rankings (two of the factors in the Beijing Plan of Action which are reviewed when countries submit their periodic reports to the United Nations for review and feedback). We did comparative research, sampling top, middle and bottom-ranked countries among 144 ranked worldwide by the World Economic Forum in 2016. We selected countries from various regions of the world and posed some questions as we studied statistics, CEDAW reports, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), law firm and other reports on laws, policies and strategies in the respective countries selected.
Japan was not highly ranked in the economic participation and political empowerment areas in the 2016 World Economic Forum Gender Rankings (two of the factors in the Beijing Plan of Action which are reviewed when countries submit their periodic reports to the United Nations for review and feedback). We did comparative research, sampling top, middle and bottom-ranked countries among 144 ranked worldwide by the World Economic Forum in 2016. We selected countries from various regions of the world and posed some questions as we studied statistics, CEDAW reports, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), law firm and other reports on laws, policies and strategies in the respective countries selected.