COVID sets gender parity back by a generation, report finds
Al Jazeera
Women have to wait 135.6 years – up from 99.5 in 2020 – to be on equal footing with men, the World Economic Forum warns.
The coronavirus pandemic has widened the gender gap by a generation and closing it will take concerted efforts by policymakers around the world, a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has found. Based on the current trajectory, women will have to wait another 135.6 years – up from 99.5 years in 2020 – to achieve overall parity with men. The report also examined the gender gap in the areas of economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival and political empowerment. “Reaching parity in our lifetimes is possible, but only if leaders urgently commit to meaningful action and targets,” Saadia Zahidi, WEF’s managing director, told Al Jazeera.More Related News