Following International Women’s Day in on 8thMarch, I decided to continue with a women and equality related dataset for thismonth. A few weeks ago, I came across an interesting viz that was part of anarticle about women in leadership roles and whether men and women actually wantand accept women in those roles.
The Reykjavik Index proved to be an excellent topic and dataand charts to draw inspiration from and I wanted to see how the community wouldre-imagine the dataset.
The original visualization featured in the article by the World Economic Forum looks like this:
What works well:
- The visualization grabs my attention with itsdesign
- The small number of countries makes it possibleto connect each line and index figure with the respective nation
- The title is simple and makes me want to findout more – what is this Reykjavik Index?
- Country and index labels are neatly aligned
What could be improved:
- I need to use my mouse cursor (or concentratereally hard) to ensure I connect the right country all the way around with theright number
- The Blue G7 Average line is not that easy to seeagainst the purple, because the contrast isn’t very stark
- There is no explanation (or reason) for thelines getting thicker towards the right and then becoming thinner at the end
- The Figure caption just repeats the heading, whynot add some conclusion or insight here?
- The text at the center doesn’t add any furthervalue
What I focused on:
- As I found the topic fascinating and reallyenjoyed reading the report, I wanted to create a dashboard that captures theykey data points while also explaining how the index works and what it shows.
- I wanted to be finished within 90min, so I couldget my Makeover done during the remainder of my flight from Cyprus back toMunich.
- Working with the color from the original viz butusing the G7 average as reference lines rather than having it listed among thecountries
- Highlighting some of the findings about Germany.I can’t say I’m surprised, but it’s still disappointing that after many yearsof having a woman run the country, most people still consider women lesssuitable for such a role.
