The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks gender parity across 146 countries, revealing that while no country has achieved full gender parity, 97% of economies have closed more than 60% of their gap, compared to 85% in 2006. However, compared against last year, the global gender gap has been closed by +.1 percentage point, from 68.5% to 68.6%. The report suggests that the lack of meaningful, widespread change effectively slows down the rate of progress to attain parity. Based on current data, it will take 134 years to reach full parity – roughly five generations beyond the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target.