The Philippines climbed two notches in this year’s World Economic Forum report measuring gender equality among 145 countries globally and remains the Asia-Pacific region’s highest-ranked country. The country’s position in this year’s Global Gender Gap Index jumped to seventh place from last year’s ninth, with the Philippines and New Zealand the only Asia-Pacific countries making it to the top 10. “Now at seventh worldwide, it (Philippines) has closed 79 of its gender gap, by far the highest of any Asian country,” the WEF report stated. Iceland remained the most gender-equal country in this year’s list, followed by Norway, Finland, Sweden and Ireland. The Global Gender Gap Report 2015 rankings can be found following this link here
