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britain is lagging behind countries including rwanda, the philippines and nicaragua in a global ranking of gender parity, slipping to 20th place on the world economic forum (wef) index. 




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the wef, a not-for-profit based in switzerland, analyzed data from 144 countries. it found the global gender gap has widened to its largest extent since 2008. it estimates economic gender parity won<u+2019>t be achieved for at least another 170 years. 




the us and australia are even further behind than britain, however, at 45th and 46th place respectively. 




the uk<u+2019>s 2016 rankings <u+2013> which take into account key areas such as the economy, politics, education and health <u+2013> mark a slide from ninth position in 2006. 




britain sits at number 53 for economic participation. this reflects a drop in the number of women in senior and technical positions, as well as a reduction in the estimated income women earn compared to men. 




the uk is ranked 24th for political empowerment, because of a fall in the number of women parliamentarians, the wef said. the figures do not take into account prime minister theresa may<u+2019>s rise to downing street. 




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rwanda, by contrast, has the highest share of women in parliament globally at 64 percent. 




jemima olchawski, head of policy and insight at the fawcett society, told the express: <u+201c>it<u+2019>s unacceptable that britain is languishing at 53rd in the world for economic participation, is only 24th for political empowerment and performs below average compared to our region. 




<u+201c>the moral case for gender equality should be enough alone to motivate us to speed up the pace of change, but with evidence suggesting that improving gender equality could add <u+00a3>150 billion [us$183 billion] to our gdp it<u+2019>s also clear that we simply can<u+2019>t afford to wait.<u+201d> 




the philippines scored full marks on a measure of the birth ratio and life expectancy of women. 




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rwanda & the philippines rate better than uk for gender equality, study shows
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