Gender Gap: Due to Covid, Gender Equality in 132 Years

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Gender Gap: Due to Covid, Gender Equality in 132 Years

Author(s): Infodent International

It is sad to still be here talking about it, but new concerning data reveals the systemic challenges facing women in the global labor market.

In Europe, as in the rest of the world, the effects of the Covid pandemic have contributed significantly to the erosion of women’s rights, changing an already critical situation for the worse.

As we head into a period of multi-layered and compounding crises, including the rising cost of living, the ongoing pandemic, the climate emergency and large-scale conflict and displacement, the progress towards gender parity is stalling.

According to the World Economic Forum’s “Gender Gap Report 2022”, the gender gap hasn’t bounced back from the enormous damage done during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps in four areas: economic participation and opportunity; educational attainment; health and survival; and political empowerment. Scarily, pandemic disruptions and a weak recovery means it’s now going to take another 132 years to close the global gender gap. This represents a slight four-year improvement compared to the 2021 estimate (136 years to parity). However, it does not compensate for the generational loss which occurred between 2020 and 2021: according to trends leading up to 2020, the gender gap was set to close within 100 years.

While more women have been moving into paid work over the last decades and, increasingly, into leadership positions in industry, there have been continued headwinds: societal expectations, employer policies, the legal environment, and the availability of care infrastructure. This has continued to limit the educational opportunities women access, as well as the career possibilities they can pursue. The economic and social consequences of the pandemic and geopolitical conflict have...READ MORE

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Gender Gap: Due to Covid, Gender Equality in 132 Years Infodent International

It is sad to still be here talking about it, but new concerning data reveals the systemic challenges facing women in the global labor market. In Europe, as in the rest...

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Gender Gap: Due to Covid, Gender Equality in 132 Years

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