A research organization based in Geneva, Switzerland warns that rising prices are likely to affect women more than men.The World Economic Forum released a report Wednesday on the economic conditions of women and men around the world.The group warns that inflation could increase the difference, what is called the gap, between men and women in the world’s labor force.The World Economic Forum is best known for holding a yearly gathering of famous business, cultural and political leaders in the Swiss town of Davos.For the past 16 years, the group has written the Global Gender Gap Report that aims to measure gender equality around the world.The group said there were hopes that the gender gap would begin to become smaller as the COVID-19 health crisis eased.Now, economic shocks threaten to make the gap worse, it said.The forum estimates that it will take 132 years for the world to reach gender equality.That is down from the 136 years estimated in last year’s report.The organization studies gender differences in four main areas: pay and economic opportunity, education, health, and political empowerment.
