Empleos y el Futuro del Trabajo
Millennials aren’t lazy – they’re workaholics
The picture on the May 2013 cover of TIME Magazine was less than flattering: a self-absorbed teenager poses for a selfie with her smartphone.
Stéphanie Thomson
Stéphanie Thomson is a writer and editor at the World Economic Forum.
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Equidad, Diversidad e Inclusión
Meet the young woman who helped end child marriage in Tanzania
Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. The consequences of this practice are well known – child brides are at higher risk of domestic violence, are more likely to l...
Equidad, Diversidad e Inclusión
52% of British women have been sexually harassed at work – and most of it goes unreported
Bra-pinging, groping, sexual innuendoes, unwanted advances. It might sound like a scene from the retro television series Mad Men, but this is the reality today for half of all women in th...
Barack Obama: 5 standout moments from his presidency
Before he’d even stepped foot in the White House, Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, was destined to make history. In a country where segregation bet...
Equidad, Diversidad e Inclusión
Here’s why men in Iran are wearing hijabs
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, women in Iran have had to cover their hair in public. It’s a law that’s strictly enforced by Gashte Ershad, the country’s morality police. In fact, i...
Crecimiento Económico
Which countries are best at converting economic growth into well-being?
Economic growth is a key topic at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2017. Watch the session on 'A Positive Narrative for the Global Community' here.
Equidad, Diversidad e Inclusión
5,000 women a year are still being killed in the name of ‘honour’
She was Pakistan’s first social media celebrity, the country’s answer to Kim Kardashian. Bold, outspoken and controversial, Qandeel Baloch challenged the idea that a woman’s role was to m...
Industrias en Profundidad
This map shows where your food really comes from – and it might surprise you
You are what you eat. And yet most of us have very little idea of what it is we’re putting in our bodies. Take the 2013 scandal that revealed processed beef products in Europe had been co...
Crecimiento Económico
People are angry about globalization. This chart explains why
We’re a pessimistic bunch. Last year, pollsters asked people in 17 countries whether they thought the world was getting better or worse. In all but two countries – China and Indonesia – m...
Equidad, Diversidad e Inclusión
Top female CEOs are out-earning their male counterparts
We’ve all heard enough about the gender pay gap to know that women are paid less than men for the same work, right? Well, actually, that’s just one part of the story.
Crecimiento Económico
Globalization for the 99%: can we make it work for all?
On 23 June, in a historic referendum, the British public made a decision that would reverberate across the world: they voted to leave the European Union. Within just a few hours of the ne...
Watch Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explain globalization in three minutes
Globalization. It’s a term we hear thrown around all the time – even more so since Britain voted to leave the EU in a decision that was widely seen as a rejection of globalization.
Geografías en profundidad
4 books you need to read to understand modern-day China
It’s a country as complex as it is vast, of contrasts and contradictions, with a history spanning 5,000 years. This can make China difficult for outsiders to understand. “Today’s China is...
Geografías en profundidad
MPs pay tribute to Jo Cox: ‘We must stand up for something better, because of someone better’
On 23 June, the British public will be asked to cast their vote in a referendum that has been described as the most important collective decision in a generation: whether to remain in or ...
Latin America’s biggest challenges – and a plan to tackle them
Today was the closing of the World Economic Forum on Latin America, which saw hundreds of leaders from the region come to the Colombian city of Medellín. Here is a snapshot of some of the...