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Equality won't happen by itself, says Finnish PM

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin attends a session at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2020.

Gender parity is a big theme at the 50th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, with a host of reports highlighting continued wealth and opportunity gaps worldwide.

Marin, the world’s youngest prime minister at the age of 34, said it was not “that big a deal” for women to be in power in Finland but she welcomed the debate her election had triggered.

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