Pop Quiz!

I’m including a few questions from a Global Gender Pop Quiz that I compiled for the ToT (each of the participants was asked to submit a series of questions about gender differences in their countries, and I pulled them together into this global quiz). Some of the answers are really surprising!

Global Gender Pop Quiz

1.  The World Economic Forum publishes the Global Gender Gap[1] report annually, which compares men’s and women’s access to resources within their own countries.  The report focuses on 4 areas: economic participation and opportunity, health and survival, educational attainment and political participation. 

Draw a line matching the countries below with their 2012 ranks. 

(1 = greatest equality 135 = least equality)

Pakistan                                                     44       
Guatemala                                                 116
Mongolia                                                   72       
Yemen                                                       123
China                                                         134     
Nepal                                                         135
Kenya                                                        69      
  

2.      Of the total population suffering forced displacement in Colombia, men are more likely than women to find employment in the cities to where they are relocated.  

• TRUE 
• FALSE

3.      Women in Kenya supply 70% of labor in the agricultural sector but hold only about X% of registered land titles, with 5 to 6% of registered titles held in joint names.[2]

• 1%
• 5%
• 10%
• 15%
• 20%

4.      What percentage of women in Nepal deliver their children at home[3]?

• 10%
• 89%
• 50%
• 45%

5.      According to the 2003 ILO  report, the average female workers’ earnings in Indonesia are what percentage of that of male workers[4]?

• 30%
• 68%
• 62%
• 23%

6.      In how many states in the United States can you be fired from your job for being transgender[5]?

• 50
• 23
• 34
• 10

 

7.      Women in Kenya are “time-poor” because of their dual roles in the household economy and the labor market. On average, women work longer hours (X) compared with those of men (8.2 hours), yet they earn less because more of these hours are not remunerated.[6]

• 12hrs
• 12.9hrs
• 13.5hrs
• 14hrs

8.      What country is NOT a signatory to the UN Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women[7]?

• United States
• Cuba
• Saudi Arabia
• Ukraine

9.  What percentage of Mercy Corps’ executive team are women[8]?

• 10%
• 20%
• 30%
• 40%
• 50%

10.  Globally, FAO estimates[9] that if women farmers had the same access to productive resources as male farmers, they could increase yields on their farm by:

• 0-10%
• 10-20%
• 20-30%
• 30-40%

This in turn would raise total agricultural output in developing countries by 2.5 to 4 percent and reduce the number of hungry people in the world by[10]:

• 0-10%
• 10-20%
• 20-30%
• 30-40%  

Answers:

1. Pakistan - 134, Guatemala - 116, Mongolia - 44, Yemen - 135, China - 69, Nepal - 123, Kenya - 72

2. False

3. 1%

4. 89%

5. 69%

6. 34

7. 12.9

8. United States

9. 30%

10. part 1: 20-30%, part 2: 10-20%

       

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Data Sources

[1] http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-gender-gap/

[2]Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya: Unleashing the Power of Women, World Bank (2007)

[3] Demographic and Health Survey, Government of Nepal (2006)

[4] MCC Indonesia Control of Corruption Project: Gender Assessment, MCC & USAID (28 May 2007)

[5] http://www.hrc.org/campaigns/employment-non-discrimination-act

[6] Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya: Unleashing the Power of Women, World Bank (2007)

[7] http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en

[8] State of the Team, Mercy Corps' Hub

[9] Hafez Ghanem, The State of Food and Agriculture 201011: Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap for Development. (Rome: The Food and Agricultural Organization, 2011).

[10] Hafez Ghanem, The State of Food and Agriculture 201011: Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap for Development. (Rome:The Food andAgricultural Organization, 2011).