Despite efforts to advance gender parity, women still lag behind men in many areas — from home ownership to labor force participation and board representation. “While the COVID-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented gender-responsive policies, it did little to effect structural change,” said Amy Ho, who covers Strategic Research at J.P. Morgan. In fact, the World Economic Forum estimates it will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap — a generation longer than the 100-year estimate prior to the pandemic. 

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