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Gender equity. The way things are going, we won't reach true parity until the 22nd century

Written by Rebecca Cassells, Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University

Things are changing quickly in lower management, but at the very top there remains a hard-to-attack barrier.Shutterstock

The good news this International Women’s Day is that women are now moving through the ranks into management roles faster than men.

If things continue at this rate it will take just two more decades for women to hold the...

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