Czechia has slipped down the World Economic Forum’s rankings for gender equality. The country is currently ranked 101st out of 146 countries, 25 places lower than it was last year. I discussed the situation with Johana Jonáková, head of Gender Studies organization promoting equal opportunities for men and women, and asked her about the main reasons behind Czechia’s poor performance:
“I would say the biggest inequalities between women and men in Czechia are in the area of power and women’s access to decision-making positions, in other words, in the proportion of women in managerial positions and on executive boards.
“This is where Czechia scored the lowest in the global gender equality index. I think it doesn’t necessarily mean that Czechia is doing worse than in the previous years, but that we are not improving, while other states have improved since last year.”
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Author: Ruth Fraňková