We need to better equip our future generation to deal with the challenges that they will be facing and ensure that there are equal opportunities for women, to give them the skills to participate in the economy and the complete labour market, to give them a chance to open a bank account and control their own finances and obtaining credit, to be involved in politics. Do men find it acceptable that this will happen to their own flesh and blood? Or are they just thinking of their own cosy position at the moment, without a care for the future? We need men to stand up and demand a change so that their great-granddaughters have a right to dream and follow a career they want, as doctors, engineers, in computing, politics, technical, you name it. This is not just a female issue, this is a world issue, this is something we all need to tackle. Surely as educators and leaders, we can’t allow this to happen to our great-great-grandchildren. The 99.5 years was already bad enough, but the slow speed experienced in the recent decade will delay this to 257 years. 140 yrs – The Middle East and North Africa.107 yrs – Eastern Europe and Central Asia.59 yrs – Latin America and the Caribbean.This translates into gender parity in years as: – World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap report 2020 – pg 6 # 7įurthermore, the WEF report identifies the following:īy region, Western Europe has made the most progress on gender parity (at 76.7%), followed by North America (72.9%), Latin America and the Caribbean (72.2%), Eastern Europe and Central Asia (71.3%), Sub-Saharan Africa (68.2%), South Asia (66.1%) and the Middle East and North Africa (60.5%) At the slow speed experienced over the period 2006–2020, it will take 257 years to close this gap. Lack of progress in closing the Economic Participation and Opportunity gap leads to an extension of the time it will be needed to close this gap. Projecting current trends into the future, the overall global gender gap will close in 99.5 years, on average, across the 107 countries covered continuously since the first edition of the report. In the World Economic Forum report of 2020, the following was stated. One area, besides many others, that needs to be tackled is the global gender gap. Yet, what we experience in 2020 is still not providing the world with a platform that allows for equal opportunities. It is also our human right to be treated equally no matter our differences. Our young people who grow up to be the new leaders, the future workforce and parents of our world have a right to equal opportunities. Juliette van Eerdewijk, Primary Principal, International School of The Hague Future generations and female role models.
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