Switzerland Moves Up Three Places In The WEF Gender Equality Index

2025-06-12 02:26:37

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Switzerland has moved up three places this year to 17th in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) gender equality index. In Geneva, the organisation hailed the results as the fastest progress towards parity in the world since the Covid-19 pandemic. This content was published on June 12, 2025 - 11:03 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

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In the report published on Thursday, Switzerland has not yet returned to the 10th place it occupied in 2021. In Europe, it ranks 12th.

The index is still led by Iceland, ahead of Finland and Norway. Last year, the WEF deplored the fact that progress was not being made fast enough. This year, the tone is less one of disappointment, even if it will still take 123 years to achieve parity at the current rate.

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