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EU gender strategy will struggle to close rising gaps

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EU

Her Commission is making a concerted push to advance gender equality. To that end, it has brought forward an integral element of its 2020 Gender Equality Strategy (GES): a draft…

Reality will fall short of Abe's 'womenomics' goals

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JAPAN

Japan's female workforce.

Gender equality will not come quickly in Chile

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CHILE

Women's rights issues.

Women will help drive economic growth in Iran

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IRAN

Female participation in Iran's workforce.

Gender gap in technology will take decades to trim

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INTERNATIONAL

Tech gender gap.

Pandemic takes tough toll on informal women workers

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INT

Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…

South-east Asia gender balance implies growth benefit

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Gender inequality, business and economic growth as ASEAN integrates economically.

Balkans to make some gains in curbing gender violence

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BALKANS

Violence against women and children is a serious problem across South-Eastern Europe. Recently, the issue has come into the spotlight in multiple countries including Serbia…

African digital economy sees steady but uneven growth

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AFRICA

The number of digital gig workers increased, mainly in relatively low-paid driving jobs involving home deliveries and transportation. There has been a significantly smaller…

US Equal Rights Amendment push faces challenges

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UNITED STATES

The Senate is unlikely to take up the measure, especially as Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he does not support it. Even if the Senate were to follow…