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Gender parity: Women are on track to earn the same as men - in 202 years

Overall gender disparity across politics, work, health and education improved by less than 0.1 percent, meaning it'll take 108 years to reach parity

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Bloomberg
The good news: The global gender gap has improved, slightly. The reality: Differences in economic opportunity, including pay between men and women, are so vast it’ll take 202 years to fully bridge them, according to the World Economic Forum.

The group looks at several measures of equality between men and women in this year’s Global Gender Gap Report, released Tuesday. Overall gender disparity across politics, work, health and education improved by less than 0.1 per cent, meaning it’ll take 108 years to reach parity. The economic opportunity gap -- based on participation, pay and advancement in the workforce -- remains the