DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
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e ’ re still well over 100 years away from achieving gender equity . In fact , the World Economic Forum estimates it will take 136 years , to be precise .
To put this into perspective , 136 years ago was 1887 . Humanity was yet to see the horrors of the First and Second World Wars , and we were still 107 years away from smartphones . Steam power was our main form of propulsion , and the first-ever car was just a year old .
It ’ s safe to say a lot has changed over the past 136 years but , in a fast-moving society with groundbreaking technology at our fingertips , it ’ s hard to comprehend why it will take so long to achieve the seemingly basic goal of gender parity .
Although some progress has been made in recent years , there ’ s still undoubtedly a long way to go .
70 May 2023