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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen numerous industries stumble as the crisis has hit many sectors’ productivity and employment rates. And in this scenario, women have been the hardest hit. According to the International Labour Organization, 5% of all employed women lost their jobs, compared with 3.9% of working men. The crisis has exacerbated the existing gender inequality in the labour market, widening gaps even further across several sectors
A report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), released in March 2021, shows that at the current rate of progress it will take around 267 years to close the gender gap in economic participation and opportunity. It’s a striking number that is the result of two conflicting trends. First, even though at a slow pace, the proportion of skilled women professionals is increasing. On the other hand, there is still an overall income disparity and women in leadership positions are a minority – women represent on
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World Biological Diversity Day: Young climate leaders are speaking out Africanews 3 hrs ago © SAEED KHAN / AFP Young activists strike for the current emergency facing our climate
This year has already seen its fair share of unsettling climate news. For the first time, the Amazon rainforest was recognised as a
net emitter of greenhouse gases. The increased melting of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic is causing the
Today’s young generations are surrounded by
60 per cent fewer wild species than was the case 40 years ago. Climate change, the unprecedented loss of biodiversity, and the spread of devastating pandemics are sending a clear message: it is time to fix our broken relationship with nature.