Gender Inequality

Gender parity: Here’s what leading countries are getting right

Iceland is the only country to have closed more than 90% of its gender gap – at 91.2%.

Iceland is the only country to have closed more than 90% of its gender gap – at 91.2%. Image: Unsplash/Norris Niman

Kate Whiting
Senior Writer, Forum Agenda
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    The global gender gap will not be closed until 2154. Image: World Economic Forum

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