Gender

WHAT'S NEXT?: Achieving global gender parity will take many decades yet. Read on to understand the trends, challenges and efforts to advance parity at a faster pace.

• [New] By 2060 in OECD countries the normal retirement age will approach 66, which represents an increase of 1.5 years for men and 2.1 years for women.
• [New] In 2015-2020, the expectation of life at age 65 has increased to 18 years for women and 16 years for men and it is projected to increase further, reaching 20 years for women and 18 years for men in 2045-2050.
• [New] There are more than 3.6 million men with a past diagnosis of prostate cancer in the United States, and 174,650 cases will be newly diagnosed in 2019.
• [New] Newmont, the world's No. 1 gold producer, has plans to achieve gender parity in senior management by 2030, with a near-term goal of women holding at least 30% of senior roles.
• [New] The Artemis program will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024 using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before.
• This year, an estimated 79,030 adults (60,490 men and 18,540 women) will be diagnosed with bladder cancer in the United States.
• In FY 2020, North Dakota will increase the income limit for pregnant women from 152% FPL to 162% FPL, and West Virginia will increase the income limit for pregnant women from 150% FPL to 185% FPL.
• If current trends continue, by 2025, global obesity prevalence is expected to reach 18% in men and surpass 21% in women; severe obesity will surpass 6% in men and 9% in women.
• The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences forecast that next year there will be 24 million more men than women of marriageable age.
• There are more than 3.8 million women living in the United States with a history of invasive breast cancer, and 268,600 women will be newly diagnosed in 2019.
• Because the retirement age for men and women is so low, China's old age dependency rate (retirees as a share of the working age population) is going to soar in the next 20-30 years.
• There will be 101,420 new cases of colon cancer and 44,180 cases of rectal cancer in 2019 in the US.
• Creating or expanding existing programs to support women who are pursuing a restart could be a differentiator within diversity program planning and lead to better leadership outcomes for women.
• Unless half of all available roles go to women this year, the FTSE 350 will not achieve the target for women in leadership positions by the end of 2020.
• If female farmers have equal access to productive resources, it could raise agricultural output and reduce the number of hungry people in the world by 150 million.
• Forbes has identified menopause as the next big opportunity in femtech, given the growing market; by 2025, women experience menopause will make up 12% of the entire global population.
• If women and men around the world participated equally as entrepreneurs, global GDP could ultimately rise by approximately 3% to 6%, boosting the global economy by $2.5 trillion to $5 trillion.
• US TV sports will represent about two-thirds of all TV watching among 18-24-year - old men, and more than three-quarters of all TV watching for men age 25-34 who watch TV sports.
• Although the average 18-34-year - old US man will watch about 16 hours of TV per week in 2019, roughly one in four 18-24-year - old men will watch more than 30 hours per week, as will about one in three men age 25-34.
• The median 18-34-year - old US male will watch about four hours more TV per week in 2019 than similarly aged US women - or approximately 16 hours for men and 12 hours for women.
• An estimated 268,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in the U.S in 2019.
• As self-driving trucks become a reality, their jobs along with related jobs in businesses such as truck stops, diners, hotels amongst others will be at risk.
• The World Bank has stated that creating job opportunities for women is a priority, emphasising support for We-Fi.

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Last updated: 20 February 2020