Full Gender Equality Still 300 Years Away At Current Rate: UN Report
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There were 44 million women and girls who had been forcibly displaced by 2021. (Representational)United Nations: Full gender equality will take almost 300 years to achieve at the current rate of progress, the United Nations warned in a report released Wednesday, saying multiple current crises have aggravated disparities."At the current rate of progress, the report estimates that it will take up to 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discriminatory laws, 140 years for women to be represented equally in positions of power and leadership in the workplace, and at least 40 years to achieve equal representation in national parliaments," said UN Women, which compiled the study.That is very far from the goal of reaching gender equality by 2030, as set out in the UN Sust...