WIN World Survey (WWS) ranks 40 countries on Gender Equality, Sexual ...

WIN World Survey (WWS) ranks 40 countries on Gender

Equality, Sexual Harassment and Violence

WIN International, the world's leading association in market research and polling, has today published Part 3 of the 2018 WIN World Survey (WWS) exploring the views and beliefs of 30,890 people from 40 countries across the globe. This survey reveals alarming attitudes and behaviors in many countries.

HEADLINES

Gender Equality - Only 27% of people around the world believe that social attitudes and behaviours treat men and women equally. - 48% believe that men are favoured whilst only 17% believe that women are favoured, 8% say that they don't know. - Countries with the lowest levels of gender equality include Japan 8%, Morocco 8%, India 14%, Chile 15%, Mexico 15%, Spain 15% and France 16%. - Many of the APAC countries believe that high levels of gender equality exist (Philippines 61%, Thailand 59%, Indonesia 57%, Vietnam 48%).

Gender Equality at home, at work, in the media, in politics and in social settings:

- A high 38.2% net1 of the total sample believe that Gender equality has been achieved at home.

- Good progress has also been achieved in the media (22.3% net) and in social settings (20.1% net).

- However, there is more to be done at work (13.4% net). - Politics is ranked as last for Gender Equality (-0.7% net). - Females provide the same rank order with gender equality most progressed at

home (31.1% net) and least in politics (-9.4% net). - Younger females (18-34yrs) are reporting higher Gender Equality at work (9.6%

net) than older females (55+yrs) (-3.9%). - There is however a large discrepancy (in the order of 20%) in the perception of

Gender Equality between males and females at work. This difference of opinion does not exist to the same extent at home, in the media, in social settings or even in politics (in politics there is a difference of 18 points). - Of concern is that females who report that they are Unhappy also report very negative Gender Equality at work (-23.1% net), in politics (-27.6% net), in social settings (-3.5% net), in the media (-1.1% net) and a low but positive score at home (6.2% net).

Sexual Harassment

- Sexual harassment is a problem around the world with 15.6% of females 1834yrs reporting that they have experienced sexual harassment in the last year.

- Extremely high levels of sexual harassment are reported by women of 18-34yrs in Mexico (43%), Ireland (32%) and Australia (29%).

- 8.1% of females 35 to 54 years and 3.3% of females 55+ report sexual harassment in the last year whilst only 4.0% of all males report sexual harassment in the last year.

Violence (physical or psychological)

- Violence has been experienced by 14.5% of people across the world in the last year.

- The incidence of violence is highest amongst females 18 to 34 years (20.3%).

1 Net % = (% Definitely achieved + To some extend achieved) ? (% Not really achieved + Not at all achieved)

- People who report that they are Unhappy also report high levels of violence (29.5%), particularly students 18 to 34 years (34.7%).

- The countries with highest reported violence levels include Paraguay (34.6%), Mexico (34.2%), Chile (31.4%), South Africa (30.3%) and India (29.2%).

- The African region reports the highest level of violence (27.7%), whilst APAC has the lowest (9.6%).

- The countries with the lowest violence levels include Italy (2.4%), Vietnam (3.1%), Indonesia (3.2%), Thailand (3.9%) and South Korea (4.3%).

COMMENTARY

Gender Equality

International Women's day is celebrated in 2019 on March the 8th. The message of the Day is that "Right now is a great and important time in history to do everything possible to help forge a more gender-balanced world. Women have come a long way, yet there's still more to be achieved".

BUT how far have we actually come? The WIN World Survey shows that only 27% of people around the world believe that social attitudes and behaviors treat men and women equally. Whilst 48% believe that men are favored only 17% believe that women are favored.

There is a large difference in gender equality between countries. Whilst many APAC countries believe that high levels of gender equality exist (Philippines 61%, Thailand 59%, Indonesia 57%, Vietnam 48%), many countries report low levels of gender equality (Japan 8%, India 14%, Chile 15%, Mexico 15%, Spain 15% and France at 16%).

% of people who believe that social attitudes and behaviours treat men and women equally

61 59 57

48 41 37 37 34 34 33 33 31 30 28 28 28 27 27 26 26 24 23 23 23 21 20 20 19 19 19 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 15 14 8 8

PHILIPINAS THAILAND INDONESIA VIETNAM

LATVIA SOUTH KOREA

ITALY DENMARK MALAYSIA

PERU PARAGUAY HONG KONG

GHANA FINLAND SWEDEN GREECE PALESTINE

TOTAL TURKEY NETHERLANDS

CHINA GERMANY LEBANON

CANADA SLOVENIA ARGENTINA

UK USA AUSTRALIA POLAND SOUTH AFRICA BRAZIL CROATIA IRELAND FRANCE SPAIN MEXICO CHILE INDIA MOROCCO JAPAN

Gender Equality at home, at work, in the media, in politics and in social settings

When we probe more deeply, we can see that gender equality is perceived to change between our social situations. Although all scores fall in the minority, a high 38.2% of people globally believe that gender equality has been achieved at home but a much lower 13.4% believe that gender equality has been achieved at work.

There is a dramatic difference (around 20%) of opinion between males and females in their perceptions of gender equality at work. It is however encouraging that younger females believe that gender equality has been achieved.

Net % of people who believe that gender equality has been achieved at work

(Net % = % definitely/to some extend - % not really/not at all achieved)

28,3%

females males

24,3%

23,7%

16,2%

9,6%

2,6%

3,5%

-3,9%

18-34

35-54

55+

total

Politics is perceived to be the least progressed in gender equality, particularly by females (-9.4% net). However, there are some positive net scores for gender equality in social settings (20.1%) and in the media (22.3%).

female male total

Net % of people who believe that gender equality has been achieved

work

politics home social settings

18-34

9.6%

-8.9%

31.9%

16.9%

35-54

2.6%

-9.0%

30.6%

14.1%

55 +

-3.9%

-0.11

30.7%

8.3%

total

3.5%

-9.4%

31.1%

13.6%

18-34

28.3%

0.10

41.8%

30.4%

35-54

24.3%

0.08

47.0%

25.9%

55 +

16.2%

-0.7%

48.6%

23.5%

total

23.7%

0.08

45.5%

26.9%

18-34

18.7%

0.00

36.7%

23.4%

35-54

13.3%

0.00

38.7%

19.9%

55 +

6.1%

-0.02

39.6%

15.8%

total

13.4%

-0.01

38.2%

20.1%

media 16.6% 14.5% 13.9% 15.1% 29.1% 30.5% 29.4% 29.7% 22.7% 22.4% 21.6% 22.3%

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is prevalent in all countries surveyed. Younger females (18 to 34 years) are most subjected to sexual harassment (15.6%). Older females also report sexual harassment in the last year, 35 to 54 years (8.1%) and 55+ years 3.3%. Additionally, 4.0% of males report sexual harassment in the last year.

There are alarmingly high percentage of women 18 to 34 years reporting sexual harassment in the last year with the highest incidences reported in Mexico (43%), Ireland (32%) and Australia (29%).

% women 18 to 34 years who have experienced sexual harassment in the last year

43

32

29

27

27

27

26

26

25

25

22

22

20

19

18

18

18

18

16

14

13

13

13

13

10

10

9

8

7

5

MEXICO

IRELAND

AUSTRALIA

CHILE

FINLAND

SWEDEN

PARAGUAY

TURKEY

CANADA

MOROCCO

SOUTH AFRICA

USA

BRAZIL

GHANA

UK

INDIA

CHINA

SPAIN

TOTAL

JAPAN

MALAYSIA

GERMANY

FRANCE

PERU

ARGENTINA

GREECE

DENMARK

CROATIA

NETHERLANDS

SOUTH KOREA

PHILIPINAS 3

SLOVENIA 3

LATVIA 3

HONG KONG 1

INDONESIA 0

THAILAND 0

VIETNAM 0

LEBANON 0

ITALY 0

The graph also shows that some countries (Italy, Lebanon, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia) registered 0% in women 18 to 34 years who have experienced sexual harassment in the last year, even if it is surprisingly.

Violence (physical or psychological)

The prevalence of violence around the world is also alarmingly high with 14.5% of the total sample experiencing violence in the last year. The incidence of violence is highest amongst females 18 to 34 years (20.3%) but is also high amongst males and females of all ages.

% of people who have experienced violence (either physical of psychological) in the last year

20,3 17,9

15,5

male

female total

16,1 14,9

13,7

8 9,7 8,8

16 14,5

12,9

18-34

35-54

55+

total

The region with the highest reported level of violence is Africa (27.7%) whilst APAC has the lowest (9.6%).

There is an extremely high level of violence in some countries with 1 person out of 3 people experiencing violence in the last year. The countries with highest reported violence levels include Paraguay (34.6%), Mexico (34.2%), Chile (31.4%), South Africa (30.3%) and India (29.2%).

In Mexico, the reported level of violence climbs to 43.8% for females in total and 50.9% for females 18 to 34 years.

The countries with the lowest violence levels include Italy (2.4%), Vietnam (3.1%), Indonesia (3.2%), Thailand (3.9%) and South Korea (4.3%).

2,4 3,1 3,2 3,9

4,3 5,8 7,3 7,4 7,5 8,1 8,7 9,7 11,3 11,7 12,7 12,9 12,9 13,3 14,5 14,6 14,9 15,2 15,3 15,3 15,4 15,6 15,6 16,3 18 19 19,6 21,5 23,4 24,1 25,1 29,2 30,3 31,4 34,2 34,6

ITALY VIETNAM INDONESIA THAILAND SOUTH KOREA PHILIPINAS DENMARK LEBANON NETHERLANDS GERMANY

UK HONG KONG

IRELAND FRANCE

SPAIN JAPAN TURKEY SWEDEN TOTAL

USA CHINA SLOVENIA CANADA FINLAND AUSTRALIA LATVIA MALAYSIA PERU MOROCCO GHANA CROATIA PALESTINE GREECE BRAZIL ARGENTINA INDIA SOUTH AFRICA CHILE MEXICO PARAGUAY

% of people who have experienced violence (either physical or psychological) in the last year

Vilma Scarpino, President of WIN International Association, said: "It is important to celebrate the social progress that the world has made through affirmative action movements, but our global survey with data from 30,890 people across 40 countries shows that the world still has a long way to go. We have found that only a minority of people believe that men and women are treated equally. There are higher scores for gender equality at home but quite low scores at work and a negative score in politics. Encouragingly younger women (18 to 34 years) are reporting higher scores. The data shows that the males in this survey have an inflated perception of gender equality compared with the females. The survey also reveals alarmingly high levels of sexual harassment and violence experienced in the last year. Although the levels of harassment and violence vary by country, it is the younger females who report the higher incidences."

-ENDS-

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