parity

(noun)

Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.

Examples of parity in the following topics:

  • Women in Medicine

    • Gender parity has yet to be achieved within the medical specialties around the world.
    • In some industrialized nations, women have achieved parity in medical school.
    • However, they have yet to achieve parity in practice.
    • In many developing nations, neither medical school nor practice approach gender parity.
    • In some industrialized countries, women have achieved parity in medical school.

  • Poverty

    • The GNI PPP is the gross national income of a country converted to international dollars using a factor called the purchasing power parity.

  • Social and Psychological Differences

    • Women did eventually gain access to institutions of higher learning, but parity or equality on a number of levels has still not been achieved.