However, the Vancity study, titled «Money Troubled: Inside B.C.'s financial
health gender gap,» finds one - third of B.C. women surveyed say they are too busy to think about their cash flow beyond the day - to - day.
Not exact matches
When it comes to
gender equality, the data remains stark, according to the World Economic Forum's 2017 Gender Gap Report, which captures the the magnitude of gender - based disparities across economies, education, health and political engage
gender equality, the data remains stark, according to the World Economic Forum's 2017
Gender Gap Report, which captures the the magnitude of gender - based disparities across economies, education, health and political engage
Gender Gap Report, which captures the the magnitude of
gender - based disparities across economies, education, health and political engage
gender - based disparities across economies, education,
health and political engagements.
The most challenging
gender gaps remain in the economic and
health spheres.
WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this
gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement
gaps in education, closing
gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable
health care, closing the wage
gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and
A salary
gap by
gender is especially important in nursing because this profession is the largest in
health care and is predominantly female, affecting approximately 2.5 million women.
These were the Social and Institutional
Gender Index or SIGI (which measures discrimination against women), the
Gender Inequality Index or GII (which measures
health economic and power inequities), and the
Gender Gap Index or GGI (a measure of economic, education,
health and political power).
The findings suggest that the gradual narrowing of the
gender gap since the early 1970s in the US and UK has been propelled by better public
health, Varnum says.
«The
gender gap in mental
health has been inadequately targeted and often only within the standard medical arsenal of pharmacological treatment,» Rojiani said.
From legislative frameworks to classroom practices,
gender - sensitive curricula, sexual and reproductive
health information, education and services, and data collection, the new Joint Programme will provide a coordinated and collaborative response to the persistent
gender gap in education — with a specific focus on adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 24.
The topic itself is significant because the global
gender gap across
health, education, economic opportunity and politics has closed by only 4 % in the past 10 years, with the economic
gap closing by just 3 %.
We argue that the family disadvantage gradient in the
gender gap is a causal effect of the post-natal environment: family disadvantage has no relationship with the sibling
gender gap in neonatal
health.
Cincinnati (Nov. 7, 2012)-- «President Obama's reelection is a historic victory for women's
health, driven by a substantial
gender gap,» said Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region's interim CEO Jerry Lawson on Wednesday.