Recent research suggests that most of us – including Generation Z – will not live to see global gender equality. That milestone is still nearly 100 years away. Awareness of this fact has fueled discussions about how to address the problem. In this debate, our experts discuss one possible solution: quotas.

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Participant:
Randa Abdel-Fattah – award-winning author, academic and human rights activist
Ayishat Akanbi – cultural commentator, stylist and artist
Christina Hoff Sommers – author, host of “The Factual Feminist” on YouTube and co-host of the weekly podcast “The Femsplainers”
Govinda Clayton – Doha Debates Connector, senior researcher for peace processes at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich
Ghida Fakhry – Moderator of the Doha Debates
Nelufar Hedayat – Doha Debates correspondent

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00:00 – Gender equality
02:25 – Introduction and conversation with Professor Zarqa Parvez
03:14 – Interviews with people in Reykjavik, Kigali and Mexico City
04:00 – Notes from Nelufar
11:05 – Opening speech
11:57 am – Randa Abdel-Fattah
15:41 – Ayishat Akanbi
18:49 – Christina Hoff Summers
21:50 – Summary of positions
23:20 – Online voting and reactions
28:25 – Majlis (Critical discussions and solutions)
50:44 – Liaison: Govinda Clayton
1:07:13 – Second round of voting and final answers from the debaters
1:15:28 – Concluding remarks
1:16:06 – Post-show introduction
1:19:23 – Discussion with Professor Zarqa Parvez
1:27:34 – Student discussion
1:38:57 – Comments from around the world
1:39:38 – After the show with Govinda Clayton
1:43:55 – Instagram videos from viewers
1:45:12 – Concluding remarks

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