Education, Skills and Learning

It will take 217 years to close the gender gap at this rate. How can we change that?

Madeline E. Burgoyne, an undergraduate student from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, competes in the annual 2.007, "Star Wars" themed, robot competition at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 11, 2017.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1EC400D4A0

Outdated attitudes towards women persist in the world of work, despite legislative progress Image: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen
Chief Executive Officer, The LEGO Foundation
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