Gender gap progress slows down - WEF

Women now earn what men did 10 years ago, highlighting the deceleration in global progress made in narrowing the gender division. The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report said the gap in education, economic opportunity, health, and politics worldwide has closed by 4% in the last decade, while the economic gap constricted by 3%. The WEF report implied it will take another 118 years to attain equality, and progress towards wage equality and labor force parity has stalled since 2009 or 2010. In 97 countries, more women than men are studying in university. Also, women comprise most of the skilled workers in only 68 nations and the majority of leaders in only four.

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