The Netherlands has dropped another three places on the Global Gender Gap Index, an annual study commissioned by the World Economic Forum on gender equality. The Netherlands is now in 46th place, three spots down from last year, when the country had already dropped 15 places.According to the ranking, the gender gap in the Netherlands is about 75 percent closed, but progress has stalled. The Netherlands keeps slipping because other countries are still making progress.

The Netherlands has dropped another three places on the Global Gender Gap Index, an annual study commissioned by the World Economic Forum on gender equality. The Netherlands is now in 46th place, three spots down from last year, when the country had already dropped 15 places.According to the ranking, the gender gap in the Netherlands is about 75 percent closed, but progress has stalled. The Netherlands keeps slipping because other countries are still making progress.