GENDER INEQUALITY INDICES FOR THE EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES COMPARISON

• Main Author: KHARCHENKO E.I.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Российский университет дружбы народов» 2016
• Subjects: GENDER,GENDER INEQUALITY,GENDER EMPOWERMENT,MEASUREMENT,COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS,GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX (GGGI),EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES,ГЕНДЕР,ГЕНДЕРНОЕ НЕРАВЕНСТВО,РАСШИРЕНИЕ ВОЗМОЖНОСТЕЙ ЖЕНЩИН,ИЗМЕРЕНИЕ,СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ,ИНДЕКС ГЛОБАЛЬНОГО ГЕНДЕРНОГО РАЗРЫВА,СТРАНЫ ЕВРОПЕЙСКОГО ПАРТНЕРСТВА; Iceland
• Online Access: http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/gender-inequality-indices-for-the-european-partnership-countries-comparison; http://cyberleninka.ru/article_covers/16803797.png

Overcoming gender inequality is a serious challenge for many countries all over the world. Different reforms aiming at reduction of gender inequality are often a necessary condition for joining international alliances and associations. The article presents an example of comparative analysis of gender statuses in European partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Russian Federation (1) on the one hand, and Iceland on the other hand due to the latter leading position in the Global Gender Gap ranking. This ranking as well as the results of the comparative analysis can be useful for lecturers in the courses on gender inequality, international comparative studies and others. The author provides a definition of the concept “gender inequality”, an overview of existing methodological approaches to the international gender inequality measurement and interpretation. Based on the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) author describes men and women positions in the countries mentioned above in such socially important fields as politics, economy, education, and life expectancy; provides her own explanations of the current situation and perspectives for its development. The study shows that for all the countries under consideration the most problematic are (1) political sphere in the terms of women’s empowerment and (2) the sphere of healthcare from the point of quality and duration of men’s lives. The most unproblematic field from the comparative gender analysis point of view is educational sphere. According to the results of the comparative analysis, the most egalitarian country seems to be Moldova, while the least egalitarian Azerbaijan. This article is based on the data of the International project ReSET «European visions and divisions: comparative studies in improving of teaching sociology” (supported by OSI HESP in 2010-2012).