head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva he claimed to have worked “twice as hard” to be equal to men her colleagues.

“I don’t want my daughter and granddaughter to have to work harder than men to be equal. I want them to be equal because they are,” she said in an interview with CNBC correspondent Tanya Breyer.

Georgieva was appointed head of the IMF in 2019 and is Second wifeafter Christine Lagardewho holds this post. “While the trend has changed in terms of the role of women, in recent years there has been a setback in terms of gender equality,” she says.

“The pandemic, then the war, then the cost of living crisis affects everyone, but more women,” she adds.

As she points out, using an economic term, the issues holding women back are “macro-critical.” For example, According to the World Bank, global GDP would be almost 20% higher if the gap between men and women in the labor market narrowed..