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Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of FinlandFareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN, USAspeaking in the Social Mobility: Getting to 50-50 Gender Parity session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland women men female male girls boys teenagers teens development gender gap parity equality diversity progress change feminine masculine woman man sex biology roles dynamic balance bias androgynous international womens day un united nations

Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland, speaks at the 'Getting to 50-50 Gender Parity' at Davos 2020. Image: Flickr/World Economic Forum

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Nordic nations lead the world in gender parity. Image: Global Gender Gap Report 2020.

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