0 a difference between the way men and women are treated in society, or between what men and women do and achieve:
Men are pitching in more with the cleaning, but there's still a housework gender gap.
In all countries tested, girls outperform boys in reading, but the gender gap is much narrower in maths and science.
The World Economic Forum produces a ranking of 116 countries in terms of gender gaps, comparing opportunities for women across the world.
Thus, the gender gap that requires our concern must be limited to political participation defined more narrowly.
It may lead to the assumption that a 'presence' of women, of any women, will address the gender gap and thereby positively change the process.
The gender gap in work and pay is smaller, but still significant, in higher income countries.
There are signs, however, that the gender gap in household work has narrowed in the 1990s.
