The back of a truck is traditionally not for the faint-hearted – it can be rude, crude and at times rather funny – but as we fight to close the gender gap is it time for its tone to be reconsidered? "I'm not a sexist person, I employ women truck drivers, they think it's funny – it's only ever done in fun," he told Stuff. GENDER GAP INDEXGlobally the gender gap is widening, but in New Zealand it's closing, albeit slowly, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). NICK DALE Lisa Lawrence, vice president of the National Council of Women New Zealand. The Global Gender Gap Index examines the gap between men and women in four categories: Economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival and political empowerment.

Source: Stuff January 08, 2020 02:26 UTC