The fight for gender equality

Ian Explains: The Fight For Gender Equality | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

A look at the impact the pandemic has had on women's equal rights globally. How much progress in gender equality has been eroded in the wake of job losses and a rise in gender-based violence and economic inequality? And how can that trend be reversed as societies rebuild?

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