{"id":1284,"date":"2009-10-20T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/2009\/10\/the-gei-2009\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T18:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T18:26:46","slug":"the-gei-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/fr\/2009\/10\/the-gei-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The GEI 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2009, computed by <strong>Social Watch<\/strong>, shows that the gender gap is not narrowing in most countries. A majority of the countries that show progress are those that were already comparatively better. The distance between the countries and regions in better and worse relative situations has widened in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In education and economic activity, the situation of women has globally improved. However, when it comes to empowerment, around <strong>15% of countries have regressed<\/strong> over the past year \u2014 and this decline has been so significant that the <strong>global average value<\/strong> of this indicator fell from <strong>35% in 2008 to 34.5% in 2009<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/IEG2009_eng\/triangulo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"21\"><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/11562\">No progress there<br>where it is needed the most<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/IEG2009_eng\/triangulo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"21\"><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/11563\">Measuring inequity:<br>the 2009 Gender Equity Index<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/IEG2009_eng\/triangulo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"21\"><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/11564\">GEI regional average by component<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/IEG2009_eng\/triangulo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"21\"><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/11565\">THE THREE GAPS<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/11760\">GEI values in 2009<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9355\">Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2007<\/a> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www2024.socialwatch.org\/node\/9267\">Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2008<\/a> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/GEI2009_eng_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GEI2009_eng.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2025-10-20-a-las-16.24.47_cd162f57-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2025-10-20-a-las-16.24.47_cd162f57-rotated.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2025-10-20-a-las-16.24.47_cd162f57-103x300.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2025-10-20-a-las-16.24.47_cd162f57-351x1024.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.socialwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2025-10-20-a-las-16.24.47_cd162f57-526x1536.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gender Equity Index (GEI) 2009, computed by Social Watch, shows that the gender gap is not narrowing in most countries. A majority of the countries that show progress are those that were already comparatively better. The distance between the countries and regions in better and worse relative situations has widened in recent years. 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