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Telling Numbers | Bias against women: widespread among women too

What UNDP’s Gender Social Norms Index, covering 80% of the world population in 75 countries, tells us about gender inequality worldwide and in India

International Women's Day, Women's Day, gender bias, gender bias in India, gender discrimination, Express Explained, Indian Express Less than 6% of CEOs in S&P 500 companies are women; while women work more hours than men, this work is more likely to be unpaid care work. (File Photo)

86% & 90% of women and men, respectively, held some sort of bias against women (2018), according to UNDP’s Gender Social Norms Index; in India (2014-15), this bias showed un 97% of women and 99% of men.

* ABOUT HALF the world’s population feel men make better political leaders.

* OVER 40% feel that men make better business executives and that men have more right to a job when jobs are scarce.

* 24% of parliamentary seats worldwide are held by women, and there are only 10 female heads of government out of a possible 193.

* Less than 6% of CEOs in S&P 500 companies are women; while women work more hours than men, this work is more likely to be unpaid care work.

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