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Bridging the Gender Gap: Insights from the 2024 Global Gender Gap Report 🌍 The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2024 reveals critical insights pertinent to Australia’s push for gender equality. As the global gender gap marginally improves to 68.6%, the report underscores economic participation and political empowerment as key areas demanding accelerated efforts. 🔹 Key Insights: Despite global challenges, sectors like Europe and North America, led by Iceland with a 93.5% closure rate, show promising advances. The slow pace in closing economic and political gaps highlights an urgent need for targeted policies. 🔹 Australia’s Path Forward: The necessity for Australian businesses to integrate gender parity into their strategic agendas. Leveraging diversity in leadership not only as a moral imperative but also for enhancing innovation and resilience. 🔹 Call to Action: How can Australian businesses integrate gender parity more effectively? What innovative policies can be deployed to bolster women’s roles in leadership across industries? 🔗 Explore the full Global Gender Gap Report 2024: https://lnkd.in/eAawKNWG We invite business leaders, compliance and legal professionals, and sustainability advocates to discuss actionable strategies to hasten gender parity. BCSD Australia is committed to fostering corporate ambition and accountability in advancing gender equality.

The 2024 Global Gender Gap Index, the 18th edition, benchmarks gender parity in 146 economies across four dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. This year it shows that parity remains 5 generations away - some 134 years. However, with political participation the largest gap to close, a historic election year could offer hope. 📣Slow progress: The global gender gap has closed by only 0.1 percentage points since last year. 📣Europe leads in closing the gender gap, while the Middle East and North Africa lag behind. 📣 Economic downturns and prolonged crises threaten women's and girls' economic prospects. 📣 Women remain underrepresented in leadership positions in the workforce and government. 📣 Gender gaps in STEM fields and AI talent persist, hindering women's participation in the future of work. To achieve gender equality by 2030, governments and businesses must shift resources and mindsets towards a new economic paradigm that recognizes gender parity as a condition for equitable and sustainable growth. Here is the link to the full report https://lnkd.in/gmzfMJ_d #gendergap #GlobalGenderGapindex Global CxO #globalcxo

Road to Gender Parity The summary of the OECD article is that "Parity remains out of reach, but geographical and industry differences exist." There have been several attempts to improve gender parity in business. Due to regulations and other soft law initiatives, there are improvements in creating equal opportunities and gender parity. However, the road is long and full of obstacles; at every level, we should continue to work to achieve gender parity. https://lnkd.in/ey3wmGpT

The latest Global Gender Gap Report 2024 indicates that the world has bridged 68.5% of the gender divide. At the current rate, it will take another 134 years—equivalent to five generations—to close the gender gap completely. https://ukg.inc/3VppGYN #GenderGap

The latest Global Gender Gap Report 2024 indicates that the world has bridged 68.5% of the gender divide. At the current rate, it will take another 134 years—equivalent to five generations—to close the gender gap completely. https://ukg.inc/3VppGYN #GenderGap

The latest Global Gender Gap Report 2024 indicates that the world has bridged 68.5% of the gender divide. At the current rate, it will take another 134 years—equivalent to five generations—to close the gender gap completely. https://ukg.inc/3VppGYN #GenderGap

#Factcheck from World Economic Forum - Gender Gap Index The latest World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report (year 2023) presents a mixed picture for gender parity. While the global score reached 68.4%, an improvement of 0.3 points compared to 2022, this progress masks significant disparities across different dimensions and regions. Key takeaways - => No country has achieved full gender parity yet, although Iceland leads with 91.2% closure. => The pace of progress needs to accelerate: at the current rate, closing the Political Empowerment gap alone would take 162 years. =>India ranks 107th, highlighting the need for targeted efforts to address gender disparity across various sectors. (Source: [https://lnkd.in/eJ7anxcp]) Bridging the gender gap requires collective action from all stakeholders - government, businesses, and individuals. By investing in women's education, economic opportunities, and political participation, we could accelerate reducing the gender gap. #globaldei #globaledeifact #GlobalGenderGap #GenderEquality #WEF #WorldEconomicForum #WomenEmpowerment #InclusiveEconomy #ClosingTheGap #GenderGapIndia #WomenInIndia #GenderParityIndia #SheTheForceIndia #SustainableDevelopment #FutureOfWork #EmpoweringWomen #Leadership #DiversityAndInclusion #askinsights

How do actual and perceived gender norms differ globally, and what implications do these differences hold for policy and societal change? A study featured in VoxDev by Alessandra Voena and coauthors investigate gender norms across 60 countries. 🔑Key finding: There is a universal underestimation of support for women's basic rights, particularly among men. Correcting these misperceptions could lead to rapid societal changes, especially in places where men significantly influence women’s economic decisions or career opportunities. Explore more: https://buff.ly/3TnTbKK

The latest Global Gender Gap Report 2024 indicates that the world has bridged 68.5% of the gender divide. At the current rate, it will take another 134 years—equivalent to five generations—to close the gender gap completely. https://ukg.inc/3VppGYN #GenderGap

The latest Global Gender Gap Report 2024 indicates that the world has bridged 68.5% of the gender divide. At the current rate, it will take another 134 years—equivalent to five generations—to close the gender gap completely. https://ukg.inc/3VppGYN #GenderGap