International Working Women Ranking
For the second year in a row, Japan ranked third worst place among developed nations for working women, in the 2024 international ranking by the British magazine The Economist. This ranking is based on the glass-ceiling index, which measures the role and influence of women in the workforce. The index measures factors such as labor force participation, parental leave, political representation, and salaries.
Japan ranked 27th place out of 29, followed by South Korea and Turkey. According to the annual survey, Sweden was in the top spot, followed by Iceland, Finland, and Norway. These countries ranked highly because of gender neutral policies and working parent support. New Zealand was the “most improved country”, rising eight places to fifth, tied with France and Portugal. Britain and Canada tied at 14th, with the US ranking 19th.
South Korea and Japan of rank near the bottom in the annual survey because of the challenges women in these countries face with balancing family and career. The US is noted for not offering paid parental leave, which negatively impacts its ranking.
What do you think about the roles of working women in your country? Do you agree with the results of this survey?
2 comments:
I think Sweden has come a long way towards gender equality, especially in the workforce. What goes on behind closed doors on the domestic front may be different.
You see many female electricians, doctors and security guards. You see many male nursing caregivers, hair stylists and fathers on parental leave.
In many ways, I'd say that most Swedish people are 'non-gender', simply people. They dress the same way, jeans and T-shirts, sports jackets and backpacks, sensible shoes, they have windblown hair and skin damaged by too much sunbathing in summer and too harsh and cold winds in winter.
However, we have many foreign-born citizens. Among them, there is more distinction between men and women in the choice of work, clothing, looks and behaviour despite the government's offer of equal education, treatment and rights to all.
I was surprised to see that Germany is even worse off than the US, even though I thought we we have pretty good laws considering parental leave and such.
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