Aberdeen Standard Investments Research Institute launches Gender Equality Index

The UK is at no 23 out of 29, below the Slovak Republic, Greece, Portugal, Ireland

Aberdeen Standard Investments Research Institute (ASIRI) has created a Gender Equality Index that shows how Covid-19 is having a measurable negative effect on gender equality.

The index scores 29 developed countries based on specific measures that show: the current economic situation for women, the policies in place to support equality, plus an ‘empowerment' score that measures how much business and political opportunity and involvement there is for women.  It revealed that Covid-19 is having a measurable negative effect on gender equality. During the pandemic, women have lost ground in pay and work equality. Representation by women in state and political jobs has fallen and access to business opportunities has dropped. It also showed that the US could reve...