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  "title": "Infographic of WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report – IMF Finance & Development Magazine | March 2019",
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  "summary": "Infographics of WEF’s global gender gap report illustrate that women still lag in many areas, while glaring disparity emerges in the technology field.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Gender equality is framed as both a moral imperative and an economic necessity.\n- The 2018 Global Gender Gap Index finds that women have reached \"68 percent parity overall,\" leaving a gap of \"32 percent.\"\n- The index measures the gender gap in four areas: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment."
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      "heading": "Leadership and broader economic power",
      "content": "- Key statistics on representation and positions of power:\n  - Women represent \"18 percent\" of ministers globally.\n  - Women represent \"24 percent\" of parliamentarians globally.\n  - Women hold \"34 percent\" of managerial positions.\n- Women experience large gaps relative to men in control of financial assets and in time spent on housework and other unpaid tasks."
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      "heading": "Technology and AI skills gap",
      "content": "- The report highlights a pronounced gender gap in technology-related skills:\n  - Only \"22 percent\" of AI professionals worldwide are women.\n  - \"78 percent\" of AI professionals worldwide are men.\n- Implications emphasized:\n  - The AI skills gap may worsen future gender gaps because AI skills will be increasingly in demand.\n  - Technology developed without diverse talent limits innovative and inclusive capacity.\n  - Low integration of women in AI represents a \"significant missed opportunity\" given existing scarcity of talent in the field."
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      "content": "- To remain competitive, countries must make gender equality a priority.\n- The report identifies potential role models: countries that, within their region or income group, lead in distributing resources more equitably between women and men, regardless of overall resource levels.\n\nInfographic of WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report – IMF Finance & Development Magazine | March 2019\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- تأمل معي\n  - تأمل معي (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - تأمل معي (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Cerrar la brecha ● Finanzas y Desarrollo ● Marzo de 2019\n  - Cerrar la brecha ● Finanzas y Desarrollo ● Marzo de 2019 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Cerrar la brecha ● Finanzas y Desarrollo ● Marzo de 2019 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Pleins feux : L’écart à combler\n  - Pleins feux : L’écart à combler (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Pleins feux : L’écart à combler (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- GENDER EQUALITY — Global Gender Gap Index 2018\n  - GENDER EQUALITY — Global Gender Gap Index 2018 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - GENDER EQUALITY — Global Gender Gap Index 2018 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- Представьте себе. Наглядная картина гендерного разрыва – Финансы и развитие – март 2019 года\n  - Представьте себе. Наглядная картина гендерного разрыва – Финансы и развитие – март 2019 года (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Представьте себе. Наглядная картина гендерного разрыва – Финансы и развитие – март 2019 года (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- 性别差距一瞥 - 图表释义 - 金融与发展\n  - 性别差距一瞥 - 图表释义 - 金融与发展 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 性别差距一瞥 - 图表释义 - 金融与发展 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2019/03/global-gender-gap-report-infographic-wef-picture"
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    "Authors: Lijun Li",
    "Published: March 1, 2019",
    "Gender equality is framed as both a moral imperative and an economic necessity.",
    "The 2018 Global Gender Gap Index finds that women have reached \"68 percent parity overall,\" leaving a gap of \"32 percent.\"",
    "The index measures the gender gap in four areas: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.",
    "Key statistics on representation and positions of power:",
    "Women experience large gaps relative to men in control of financial assets and in time spent on housework and other unpaid tasks.",
    "The report highlights a pronounced gender gap in technology-related skills:",
    "Implications emphasized:",
    "To remain competitive, countries must make gender equality a priority.",
    "The report identifies potential role models: countries that, within their region or income group, lead in distributing resources more equitably between women and men, regardless of overall resource levels.",
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    "**Cerrar la brecha ● Finanzas y Desarrollo ● Marzo de 2019**",
    "**Pleins feux : L’écart à combler**",
    "**GENDER EQUALITY — Global Gender Gap Index 2018**",
    "**Представьте себе. Наглядная картина гендерного разрыва – Финансы и развитие – март 2019 года**",
    "**性别差距一瞥 - 图表释义 - 金融与发展**"
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