The pandemic set back gender parity by an entire generation
U.S. women won't reach pay equity with men for at least 60 years, says the World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Gap Report and the results are disheartening.
Despite some recent progress, it will take women in North American approximately 61.5 years to reach pay equity with men.
The statistics are worse globally: at this pace, the global gender gap will take 135.6 years to close.
"Another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity," said the World Economic Forum in a statement.
The annual report reviews four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment) and tracks progress towards closing these gaps over time.
"Preliminary evidence suggests that the health emergency and the related economic downturn have impacted women more severely than men, partially re-opening gaps that had already been closed." The report combines data for the United States and Canada as the North American region. Here are some takeaways for our region:
The report says that the pandemic has strongly impacted global equality.
"Preliminary evidence suggests that the health emergency and the related economic downturn have impacted women more severely than men, partially re-opening gaps that had already been closed." The report combines data for the United States and Canada as the North American region. Here are some takeaways for our region:
- The U.S. has closed 76.3% of its gender gap and now ranks 30th in the world on women's issues.
- We closed 96.9% of the gender gap in "health and survival" and 100% of the "educational attainment" gap.
- We made great strides in the "political empowerment" category, as women in government positions jumped from 21.7% to 46.2%. The report does note that a woman has only been head-of-state in Canada for 0.3 years over the past 50. The U.S. has never had a female president.
- The report says that both America and Canada need to focus on reducing gaps in wages and income for women. Both countries have yet to close over 30% of their gaps.