International......Women's Day
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. (IWD)
In China, women usually have half-day off work. When I complained to my ‘management’, he mentioned that every day was Women’s day at Casa De Suiter!
I find it ‘interesting’ that IWD is a national holiday in only the following countries: China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
But back to Norway
Full article here. France (because I have to mention France!) ranked 15th. It’s interesting to see that while Norway score well in Economy Participation & Opportunity, it scores a lot worst for Health and Survival (53th) which is the exact opposite of France (53th in Economy Participation & Opportunity but 1st in Health & Survival and in Education)
So all this talk because a few weeks ago I happened to come across an article mentioning that Norwegian women must pay higher insurance premiums in the name of gender equality while most European women continue to get a better deal since they are less accident-prone and hence considered a lower risk than men.
“In a country that takes equality so seriously women must now pay the same insurance premiums as men in the name of equality. In 2003, the Norwegian Equality Ombudswoman ruled that preferential insurance rates based on gender were unlawful and gave insurers two years to justify such pricing practices.”
In China, women usually have half-day off work. When I complained to my ‘management’, he mentioned that every day was Women’s day at Casa De Suiter!
I find it ‘interesting’ that IWD is a national holiday in only the following countries: China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
But back to Norway
Norway tops gender gap index, Yemen ranked worst.
Nordic countries provide the greatest equality for women when it comes to economics, education, politics and health. Equal pay, labor force participation rates, literacy rates, enrollment in tertiary education, female representation in parliament, life expectancy and sex ratios at birth are most equal in Norway, Finland and Sweden.
Female empowerment is embraced more today than any other time in world history. And in the global push for gender equality in everything from business to politics, education to health, it's Europe that has made the greatest strides to close the so-called gender gap.
The World Economic Forum, the nonprofit organization known for its annual economic summit in Davos Switzerland has been publishing an annual Global Gender Gap Report since 2006 that ranks countries by their gender performance.
Norway, Finland and Sweden are ranked the best countries for gender equality. Those Nordic countries and their Western European neighbors account for 16 of the top 30 countries with the greatest gender parity in the world.
Meanwhile, the US ranked at only No. 27, behind Lesotho (No. 16), Mozambique (No. 18) and Moldova (No. 20). The worst-ranked countries were sprinkled throughout the Middle East and Asia. Garden spots like Chad (129th), Saudi Arabia (128th) and Pakistan (127th) populated the bottom of the list. Yemen ranked absolutely worst at No. 130.
The Global Gender Gap Report measures the size of the gender gap (the disparity in opportunities available for men and women) for 130 countries in four critical areas:
- economic participation and opportunity
- health and survival
- educational attainment
- political empowerment.
Full article here. France (because I have to mention France!) ranked 15th. It’s interesting to see that while Norway score well in Economy Participation & Opportunity, it scores a lot worst for Health and Survival (53th) which is the exact opposite of France (53th in Economy Participation & Opportunity but 1st in Health & Survival and in Education)
So all this talk because a few weeks ago I happened to come across an article mentioning that Norwegian women must pay higher insurance premiums in the name of gender equality while most European women continue to get a better deal since they are less accident-prone and hence considered a lower risk than men.
“In a country that takes equality so seriously women must now pay the same insurance premiums as men in the name of equality. In 2003, the Norwegian Equality Ombudswoman ruled that preferential insurance rates based on gender were unlawful and gave insurers two years to justify such pricing practices.”
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