Ireland has been ranked eighth in the world in terms of the gender gap this week but the latest figures show that Ireland has in fact started to slide further down the rankings since last year.
The figures were released in the latest annual global
gender gap survey which is carried out by the World Economic Forum.
Ireland now sits in eighth place, dropping from last year’s sixth place position and the fifth place position that was held in 2011 and 2012.
The survey measures the gaps between men and women in areas such as economy, health, education and politics. Approximately 142 different countries around the world are studied, and although Ireland remains in the top ten it must be acknowledged that we have fallen three places in two years.
Countries who pipped Ireland to the top posts include Iceland and new entrant Rwanda while elsewhere, the UK also dropped, falling to 26
th place from their 18
th spot in 2013.
