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The Suwałki Gap is a barely 100-kilometre-long stretch of land between Russia’s ally Belarus and Kaliningrad – an isolated western pocket of Russia well removed from the rest of the country. Despite its size, the “gap” came into global focus when Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea ramped up geopolitical tensions in Europe.
The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception.
It will now take an estimated 135.6 years to close the worldwide gender gap between men and women. However, progress is being made in areas including science and politics. Improving paternity policies and representation of women will help. There is still a huge amount of work to do to achieve gender equality around the world.
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception in 2006.
Katie Whitford. The gender pensions gap is a wide-reaching global issue which typically results in women having lower financial security in old age than men. Referring to the average difference in pension wealth between men and women, the gap has been estimated as being at 30% to 40% on average. Tackling the gap requires addressing issues like ...
Three ways for closing the gender gap. Here are three ways to make the next decade the one when we finally achieve gender parity. 1. Business leadership on gender parity is better for workers – and leads to better outcomes for the bottom line. On average, only 55% of adult women are in the labour market, versus 78% of men.
Closing the gap would give the 3.9 billion women in the world today an extra seven healthy days a year, or an average of 500 days over a lifetime. This gap has economic consequences as well. In 2020, for example, only 1% of healthcare research and innovation was invested in female-specific conditions beyond oncology, according to McKinsey.
The World Economic Forum estimates that more than half (54%) of all employees will require significant reskilling by 2022, but the problem is likely to be even more acute in some regions. European Commission figures show that around 37% of workers in Europe don’t have even basic digital skills, not to mention the more advanced and specialised ...
On average, an individual from the top 10% will earn $122,100, but an individual from the bottom half will earn just $3,920. And, when it comes to wealth (valuable assets and items over and above income), the gap is even wider. The poorest half of the global population owns just 2% of the global total, while the richest 10% own 76% of all wealth.
The advancement of women at work is good for everyone – potentially increasing global GDP by 20%, according to the World Bank. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2024 shows progress for women has slowed overall, but employment rates are up. The Economic Participation and Opportunity gap has closed by 17 years since the last ...