Gender Inequality

- Our visualization is a heat map that reflects the gender gap between male and females across the world.

- Based on their access to resources and opportunities.- Information sourced off 2012 Gender Gap Report,

compiled by the World Economic Forum.

To what extent does it

pre-exist our making it

visible?

• Already a well-documented issue.

• Representing the issue visually promotes realisation of the facts and figures, potentially through shock value in viewers.

• Not many resources exist that look at the issue as a whole, usually based on one particular segment.

To what extent are we

making it visible?• Making it visible in terms of facts, figures and

statistics, as opposed to real situations and stories.

• Giving overall view of the issue on a large-scale.• Global view can lead to further realisations and

thought.

Elements of the

readings that parallel to

our own

Source: Infothetics.com

What works and what doesn't’t with the

ideas/readings we have engaged with? How

could these ideas go further?

• Simplicity • Aesthetically appealing visualization • Colour• Memorable objects

Source: Inforthetics.com

What works and what doesn’t with the

ideas/readings we have engaged with? How

could these ideas go further?

Things that don’t work:- Over-complicating - Too many lines and

symbols The audience may dismiss information completely if it does not look easy to read or clear.

What difference does

it make to publish

such a visualization?

• Condensing information and data so that the audience can easily understand and interpret.

• Exposes something new • Efficiently highlights the

concerns, and issues of gender inequality.

• Public interest vs. Government and Corporate Interest.

• Continuous misrepresentation of gender inequality through the media

• Lack of accountability from businesses

• Publics which are intervened are concerned publics

• Our visualization focuses on fender inequality in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Morocco, Chad, Pakistan and Yemen.

In which publics does such a

visualization intervene?