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Women are more educated than ever. So why is there still a gender gap at work?

At the current rate of progress, the world will take 20 years to close its gender gap in education but 152 years to close the gap in economic participation and opportunities. So why the huge difference? There are 3 key reasons, says the team that has collected data on the gender gap for 18 years.

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