Dar es Salaam — Tanzanian gender activists have stated that they don't want to wait for 99 years to secure gender equality. The sentiments are a result of a recent report by World Economic Forum (WEF) which reveals that the global gender gap will take another 99 years to close - and yet another 99.5 years to achieve global gender equality!
However, discussions during the eighth edition of Mwananchi Thought Leadership Forum (MTLF) - a quarterly forum initiated by Mwananchi Communication Ltd (MCL) - were focused on closing the gender gap sooner.
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