World Gender Gap The state of women’s progress in the world
The gender gap around the world
To hope or doubt? The state of women’s progress in the world
More than 110 diverse women, including the first Muslim women and the first Native American, were elected to Congress in the 2018 US midterm elections. Several factors appeared to shape the results, including an increase in the number of women willing to run; women of colour moving forward; and President Donald Trump himself - his comments, policies and the allegations surrounding his treatment of women.
The gender wage gap around the world
There are signs of hope. More and more countries have gender-balanced national cabinets. Rwanda’s parliament is 60% female. Iceland continues its path toward complete gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report. Saudi women are at last able to drive legally and allowed into sports stadiums, though the Crown Prince has also jailed activists fighting for women’s rights.
To hope or doubt? The state of women’s progress in the world
More than 110 diverse women, including the first Muslim women and the first Native American, were elected to Congress in the 2018 US midterm elections. Several factors appeared to shape the results, including an increase in the number of women willing to run; women of colour moving forward; and President Donald Trump himself - his comments, policies and the allegations surrounding his treatment of women.
The gender wage gap around the world
There are signs of hope. More and more countries have gender-balanced national cabinets. Rwanda’s parliament is 60% female. Iceland continues its path toward complete gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report. Saudi women are at last able to drive legally and allowed into sports stadiums, though the Crown Prince has also jailed activists fighting for women’s rights.
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00:53There are signs of hope.
00:55More and more countries have
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undefined:undefinedMerkel will be succeeded by
01:20the new Christian Democratic Union party
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01:52The #MeToo movement has galvanized people across the
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02:16can harm them and pose ethical,
02:18reputational and financial risks which
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02:48representation in leadership roles and
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03:14has shown that women are more likely to
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03:50When women are involved in post-conflict negotiations,
03:54peace is more likely to prevail.
03:56A peace agreement is 35% more likely to last for at least 15
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04:31reskilling and upskilling interventions,
04:33and tangible job transition pathways,
04:36which will be key to narrowing these emerging gender gaps
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05:10They are often perceived as less legitimate.
05:13They continue to face unconscious bias,
05:15sexual harassment,
05:16discrimination,
05:17higher expectations and micro-aggressions
05:20small but steady erosions of their authority.
05:22When women achieve high-level positions,
05:25they often face a precipice known as
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05:44of the high-risk nature of their assignments,
05:46and the lack of support or authority to
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06:18With that attitude,
06:19a womanâs career prospects suffer,
06:21just in an entirely different way.
06:23I am reminded of Newtonâs third law of physics
06:26for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
06:29Optimists say that much has changed.
06:32Societies no longer consider domestic
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07:00Failure must energize us to clamour