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- The first of a kind edition of SDG Gender Index 2019 has been released.India has been ranked at 95th among 129 countries on the Index.
- The SDG Gender Index has been developed by Equal Measures 2030 which is a joint effort of regional and global organisations.
- The index accounts for 14 out of 17 SDGs(sustainable development goals) that cover aspects such as poverty, health, education, literacy, political representation and equality at the workplace.
- A score of 100 reflects the achievement of gender equality in relation to the targets set for each indicator.But a score of 50 signifies that a country is about halfway to meeting a goal.
- The index found that the world is far from achieving gender equality with 1.4 billion girls and women living in countries that get a very poor grade. The global average score of the 129 countries which represent 95% of the world’s girls and women is 65.7 out of 100 (poor in the index).
- Altogether, 2.8 billion girls and women live in countries that get either a very poor (59 and below) or poor score (60-69) on gender equality.Just 8% of the world’s population of girls and women live in countries that received a good gender equality score(80-89) and no country achieved an excellent overall score of 90 or above.
- India performs best in health (79.9), hunger & nutrition (76.2), and energy (71.8).But its lowest goal scores are on partnerships (18.3, in the bottom 10 countries worldwide), industry, infrastructure and innovation (38.1) and climate (43.4).
