Gender Parity? It'll Take Decades, Says UN

Times View: The UN report exposes the shockingly tardy rate of progress towards attaining a more gender-equitable world. Governments across the world, including our own, must have time-bound action plans in these areas to ensure that the goals are achieved quicker.

- Ambika Pandit

New Delhi: A new UN report warns that a status check shows that the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030 in keeping with the Sustainable Development Goals and at the current rate of progress it will take up to 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discriminatory laws, 140 years for women to be represented equally in positions of power and leadership and at least 40 years to achieve equal representation in national parliaments.