Nigeria, India Worse On Gender Inequality Index, Says Gates

17 September 2019

The co-Founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Mr. Bill Gates, has stated that Nigeria and India are the worse countries on the global gender inequality index, and that this may hamper the drive to improving human capital development and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).

He said although a person's gender and place of birth still unfortunately determine the future of that person, countries must make conscious investments in their 'next generation' if they hoped to build on the improvements already made in health and development, as shown by the Goalkeepers Report, an annual report by the BMGF to track progress in SDG.

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