Gender equality: 79 years, 11 months, 3 weeks, 4 days – Why wait 80 more years to reach gender parity?

79 years, 11 months, 3 weeks, 4 days and counting — that’s how long until companies and governments will be equally led by women and men, according to estimates published last year by the World Economic Forum.

Now, in response to those findings, a new report released by the consultancy EY on Friday claims that this glacial rate of change — four generations away from today — can be accelerated and the 60% gender gap for what it calls "economic participation and opportunity worldwide" closed more quickly.

In fact, according to EY, there are three clear steps that organizations can take to help accelerate gender equality.

The findings of the report — Women. Fast forward: The time for gender parity is now — http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/ey-women-fast-forward-thought-leadership/$FILE/ey-women-fast-forward-thought-leadership.pdf are briefly summarized below:

Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/01/16/davos-world-economic-forum-gender-equality/21850929/

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