Closing the gender gap

This project is part of the World Economic Forum’s Shaping the Future of Education, Gender and Work System Initiative At current rates of progress it may take more than 200 years to close the economic gender gap globally. Although many countries are ideally poised to maximize women’s economic potential, they are currently failing to reap the returns from their investment in female education. In addition, too few countries are preparing to meet the challenges and harness the gender parity opportunities posed by the changing nature of work