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UNHRC
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WWF
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FAO
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UNDP
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Detailed explanation-1: -Context: The first Gender Social Norms Index was recently released by the UN Development Programmme (UNDP).
Detailed explanation-2: -An analysis by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has found pervasive bias-by both men and women-against women worldwide. The Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) examines how social beliefs can obstruct gender equality across four dimensions: politics, education, economics/work, and physical integrity.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) measures how social beliefs obstruct gender equality in areas like politics, work, and education, and contains data from 76 countries, covering over 84 percent of the world’s population.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why in News? Recently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in its Global Gender Gap (GGG) Index for 2022. India’s overall score has improved from 0.625 (in 2021) to 0.629, which is its seventh-highest score in the last 16 years. In 2021, India was ranked 140 out of 156 countries.
Detailed explanation-5: -The GSNI is a social norms index. It captures how social beliefs can obstruct gender equality along four dimensions: political, educational, economic and physical integrity.
