Equality of opportunity this is the current state Absolute equal ity of opportunity does not exist in any country on Earth see info box Women still have to fight for health education work equal pay and in some countries even for survival We have quite a way to go says Saadia Zahidi The Harvard graduate who was born in Pakistan 38 years ago is a board member of the World Economic Forum How long will be the way we still have to go The annual Global Gender Gap Report that has been published by the World Economic Forum since 2006 analyzes the four thematic dimensions in 149 coun tries Economic Participation and Opportunity Educational Attain ment Health and Survival and Po litical Empowerment The shocking results in 2018 If we continue to pursue equality of opportunity at the current pace it ll take another 108 years to close the gap between men and women worldwide What does the expert propose In dustries must proactively hardwire gender parity in the future of work EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY perform better Governments can promote this development for in stance by expanding the opportuni ties for childcare and care for the el derly to ease the burden on women who usually take care of these needs in the family Where else is equality of oppor tunity a key issue In the areas of health education and politics Par ticularly in the context of political empowerment the participation of women has been seeing a worldwide decline In 2018 only ten countries were governed by women five of them in Europe Do women benefit from technolog ical progress Unfortunately not says Zahidi There have been big shifts in the labor market with great er use of technology and automation and women have borne the greater brunt associated with those chang es Another challenge is the fact that although more and more wom en have academic degrees they still have deficits in technology science and math in other words in fields that are important in a modern dig ital world Source Global Gender Gap Report 2018 On the global average the gender gap has been closed at a rate of 68 Yemen at the bottom of the ranking in 149th place has not even come halfway 49 9 1 Iceland 85 8 2 Norway 83 5 3 Sweden 82 2 4 Finland 82 1 5 Nicaragua 80 9 6 Rwanda 80 4 12 France 77 9 13 Denmark 77 8 14 Germany 77 6 15 Great Britain 77 4 51 USA 72 0 103 China 67 3 141 Saudi Arabia 59 0 through effective training reskilling and upskilling interventions and tangible job transition pathways says Zahidi It s in their long term interest because diverse businesses EQUALITY OF OPPOR TUNITY ICELAND IS IN THE TOP SPOT Diverse businesses perform better Saadia Zahidi World Economic Forum 23 22

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