Cost-of-Living Crisis Expected To , Affect Women the Most, Report Says.<br />The report was released by the <br />World Economic Forum on July 13.<br />AP reports that as the cost of living continues to rise, the Geneva-based think tank estimates it will take 132 years to reach gender parity around the world.<br />AP reports that as the cost of living continues to rise, the Geneva-based think tank estimates it will take 132 years to reach gender parity around the world.<br />The organization defines gender parity <br />around the following factors:.<br />salaries and economic opportunity, <br />political empowerment, health and education.<br />salaries and economic opportunity, <br />political empowerment, health and education.<br />salaries and economic opportunity, <br />political empowerment, health and education.<br />salaries and economic opportunity, <br />political empowerment, health and education.<br />The report of 146 countries saw <br />Iceland receive top marks.<br />Other Nordic countries and New Zealand followed close behind.<br />Some of the world's biggest economies were further down the list, with the U.S., China and Japan sitting at numbers 27, 102 and 166, respectively.<br />Some of the world's biggest economies were further down the list, with the U.S., China and Japan sitting at numbers 27, 102 and 166, respectively.<br />Some of the world's biggest economies were further down the list, with the U.S., China and Japan sitting at numbers 27, 102 and 166, respectively.<br />Saadia Zahidi, managing director <br />at the World Economic Forum, , says pandemic labor market losses and an insufficient "care infrastructure" for children and the elderly have disproportionately affected women.<br />Saadia Zahidi, managing director <br />at the World Economic Forum, , says pandemic labor market losses and an insufficient "care infrastructure" for children and the elderly have disproportionately affected women.<br />In face of a weak recovery, government and business must make two sets of efforts: targeted policies to support women’s return to the workforce and women’s talent development in the industries of the future, Saadia Zahidi, managing director <br />at the World Economic Forum, via statement.<br />In face of a weak recovery, government and business must make two sets of efforts: targeted policies to support women’s return to the workforce and women’s talent development in the industries of the future, Saadia Zahidi, managing director <br />at the World Economic Forum, via statement.<br />Otherwise, we risk eroding the gains of the last decades permanently and losing out on the future economic returns of diversity, Saadia Zahidi, managing director <br />at the World Economic Forum, via statement
