Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI), 2023

• A recently released UNDP report says Prejudices against women didn’t reduce in last decade, 90% people still hold gender bias.

ABOUT INDEX –

• It is released by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• It quantifies biases against women, capturing people’s attitudes on women’s roles along four key dimensions— political, educational, economic and physical integrity.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• The index, covering 85% of the global population, reveals that close to 9 out of 10 men and women hold fundamental biases against women.
• Gender social norms have persisted for centuries and are pronounced in countries with lower and higher Human Development Index (HDI).
• ​​​​​​​The latest GSNI report showed little progress, despite global and local campaigns for women’s rights in recent years such as Me Too, Ni Una Menos, Time’s Up and Un Violador en Tu Camino.
• Biased gender social norms can contribute to lack of equality in political participation.
• Countries with greater bias in gender social norms also show a lower presence of women in parliament.
• On average, the share of heads of state or government who are women has remained around 10 % worldwide since 1995, and women hold just over a quarter of parliament seats globally.
• Women are underrepresented in leadership in conflict-affected countries, mainly at the negotiation tables in the recent conflicts in Ukraine (0%), Yemen (4%) and Afghanistan (10%).
• Globally, about seven of 10 peace processes did not include any women mediators or women signatories.
• Even in the 59 countries where adult women are more educated than men, the average income gap is 39%.
• Countries with no bias – Germany, Uruguay, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan.
• 25 % of people believe it is justified for a man to beat his wife.