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The Economist Asks: Why is progress on gender equality slowing?

Economist Podcasts
Economist Podcasts
Episode • Sep 22, 2022 • 21m

The covid-19 pandemic played havoc with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Progress to achieve gender equality by 2030 has not only stalled, it’s reversed. Host Anne McElvoy asks Melinda French Gates, a philanthropist, if the target still makes sense. The co-chair of the Gates Foundation also discusses the overturning of Roe v Wade in America


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