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Gender parity is an issue across the world with many countries, including the UK, failing to encourage and support enough women in areas traditionally dominated by men.

The World Economic Forum predicted in 2014 that it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. Then one year later in 2015, they estimated that a slowdown in the pace of progress meant the gender gap wouldn't close entirely until 2133!

大象传媒 Radio Leicester's Ed Stagg attended the opening of an exhibition at the University of Leicester celebrating the achievements of women working in space science.