Highlights from the new Gender Gap Report, apprenticeships and other top stories of the week
Also in this week's round-up: climate action, economic growth and meet the 2020 Crystal Award winners. Image: Unsplash
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Gender Inequality
Equality is growing, very slowly. Highlights from the 2020 Global Gender Gap Report.
⇒ Explore: Gender Parity
Climate action is compatible with economic growth—if we act fast.
⇒ Explore: Environment and Natural Resource Security
Meet the Crystal Award winners. 4 artists, helping to create a better world.
We can’t wait a century. 3 ways to close the gender gap in the 2020s.
The future of work needs an ancient strategy: apprenticeships.
The brain-washing machine. Sleep—and who gets enough of it, worldwide.
Ethical facial recognition. The latest from the Centre for the 4IR network.
Why aren’t climate talks working? A look at what happened in Madrid.
The art of dying. Nearing the end, a great critic finally gets personal.
The best ways to regulate AI. A study shows impacts on firms’ behaviour.
Feel pressure to be a ‘real man’? That has political consequences.
Dikes may not be good enough. Will the Netherlands disappear?
99 years to close the gap. Coverage of the 2020 Gender Gap Report. (BBC)
The risk of a crisis between generations. Interview with Forum founder Klaus Schwab. (Le Figaro—in French.)
President Trump to attend 2020 Annual Meeting. (Bloomberg)
Bollywood star to receive Forum’s Crystal Award. (Hindustan Times)
How to go far with blockchain. Op-ed by Forum blockchain lead. (coindesk)
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