Global Gender Gap Report

The Global Gender Gap Report is an annual index published by the World Economic Forum that measures global progress towards gender parity across economic, educational, health, and political dimensions.

• It provides an objective international benchmark to evaluate India's progress in closing gender disparities across human development and governance indicators.
• The report's sub-indices highlight critical structural bottlenecks, particularly in female labour force participation, health outcomes, and political representation.
• Analyzing its findings enables candidates to substantiate arguments on inclusive growth, human capital development, and social justice in Mains answer writing.

In the Prelims, UPSC tests the publishing agency, underlying parameters, and India's relative performance across sub-indices. In the Mains, questions focus on the structural causes behind persistent gender gaps in economic and political spheres, requiring candidates to evaluate existing state interventions and suggest systemic policy reforms.

• Role of women and women’s organizations, population issues, poverty GS1

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• Ease of Doing Business Index
• Economic Survey
• Environmental Performance Index
• Global Competitiveness Report
• Global Hunger Index
• Global Innovation Index
• Human Development Report
• SDG India Index
• World Happiness Report