There is now a clear line of sight to the financial and emotional rewards of true equality that a previous generation of women wished for.

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The bottom line: Labor markets are the ultimate arbiters of gender equality in the workforce.

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The decision follows calls by MPs to use equality legislation to abolish a 300-year-old law which gives males precedence in the royal line of succession.

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