Being a woman got even worse in 2017: WEF
Gap between achievements and well-being of men and women has widened in the past year
New York
IF IT seems women's progress has stalled lately, new data from the World Economic Forum (WEF) puts a finer point on it: the gap between the achievements and well-being of men and women widened in the past year, the first time that's happened in the 11 years that the group has issued its annual Global Gender Gap Report.
At current rates, it will take 100 years before women achieve equality in the four areas measured by the WEF: political empowerment, economic participation, health and education. When the Geneva-based group did its study last year, it estimated it would take 83 years to close the gap.
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