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The WEF projects that Western Europe will reach gender equality in 54 years; Latin America will achieve it in 59 years. That may seem like a long time until you consider its projection for the United States. Given the current glacial rate of progress, it will take us nearly three times as long 151 years to close our gender gaps.
We were not always this far behind.
Fifteen years ago, the U.S. and Western Europe were at a roughly equivalent level on key measures of equality. But while progress accelerated in other wealthy advanced democracies not just in Europe but in nearly every region it stalled here.
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UNDP hosts webinar on economic independence for Pakistani women
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Friday Mar 12, 2021
The 90-minute virtual discussion underscored the need for women s economic empowerment to ensure the sustainable economic growth of Pakistan.
UNDP hosts webinar to highlight importance of achieving economic independence for women in Pakistan.
Suggests measures to overcome structural barriers and provide actionable policy recommendations to close gender gap in Pakistan.
Pakistan ranked third last in closing its gender gap on the Global Gender Gap Index 2020.
LAHORE: To mark the International Women’s Day, UNDP in Pakistan through its Punjab SDGs Support Unit organised a webinar on “Closing Pakistan’s Gender Gaps through the Economic Empowerment of Women . It was jointly organised with Milkar Pakistan.
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