The U.S. is at a 'standstill,' ranking 53rd, dropping two spots from last year. The report says it is due to a lack of progress toward equal wages and income.
"None of us will see gender parity in our lifetimes, and nor likely will many of our children," the researchers wrote., which launched in 2006, measures gender equality in 153 countries across four categories: economic participation, educational attainment, health and political empowerment. While the global education and health gaps have nearly closed — just 12 years left to go for the education gap — large disparities remain in the economic and political spheres.
Women earn less than men do, and it's getting worse, the report says. That's because women have been hit by a"triple whammy," the report says. While about 78% of adult men are in the labor force, only 55% of adult women are in the labor force, the report says.
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