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Gender gaps create new costs for corporates

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Corporates are under pressure to improve gender parity but progress is slow

Regional gender gaps face policy conflict

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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have made gender equality a top priority, but progress is slow and uneven

Global gender gaps are vast in policy and practice

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The fourth anniversary of the #MeToo movement has drawn attention to progress on gender equality

Gender gap for mobile access may widen with COVID-19

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Rising mobile phone use has helped advance multiple development goals

Pandemic deepens impact of global technological gaps

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Although internet use is rising, serious access gaps persist across regions, gender and ethnic groups

Gender equality is a distant but achievable goal

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There has been a robust rise in women’s access to non-agrarian employment and top political offices

Recession risks wider internet infrastructure gap

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Development actors want governments to make the internet more affordable, accessible and reliable; progress is uneven

Board diversity may give Europe an edge in talent war

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EUROPE

Countries, not the EU, lead the trend in Europe to improve corporate governance by boosting gender diversity on boards

Tech will alter both paid and unpaid work

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Digital services and new technologies will dramatically alter the nature of work

Rapid ageing will drive Latin America pension deficit

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LATIN AMERICA

Rapid population ageing and high levels of informal employment will strain health and pension budgets in Latin America