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13 hours ago · In her March 2024 message, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway challenged leaders to invest in women. $360 billion. That’s how much the world is short-changing investments to achieve gender equality in developing countries, based on UN Women’s 2023 Gender Snapshot. Underspending is a short-sighted choice.
Sep 21, 2022 · The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022 found that the world is only 4% closer to total parity than when it first launched in 2006. Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5), Gender Equality by 2030, has stalled.
Mar 7, 2023 · More women than ever hold political decision-making posts worldwide, but gender parity is still far off, according to the 2023 edition of the IPU-UN Women Map of Women in Politics. The map presents the latest rankings and regional distribution of women in executive positions and national parliaments as of 1 January 2023.
- End Gender-Based Violence
- Guarantee Economic Justice and Rights
- Ensure Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
- Feminist Action For Climate Justice
- Foster Technology and Innovation For Gender Equality
- Invest in Feminist Movements and Leadership
- You Can #Actforequal
Putting an end to gender-based violence is essential for fulfilling the vision of a gender-equal world. An estimated 736 million women—almost one in three—have been subjected to intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their life. What needs to change? More governments must ratify international and regional c...
Women and girls are particularly disadvantaged in social protection systems. The gender gap in labour force participation has not shifted in 30 years, stagnating at 31 per cent. Young women, aged 15-29, are three timesmore likely to be outside the labour force and schools than young men. Transforming the care economy is one key component of guarant...
Empowering women and girls to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights and make autonomous decisions about their own bodies free from coercion, violence, and discrimination is an urgent need and critical to achieving a gender-equal world. Worldwide, 45 per cent of girls and women, aged 15-49, who are married or in unions cannot make...
A changing climate affects everyone, but it’s the world’s poorest and those in vulnerable situations, especially women and girls, who bear the brunt of environmental, economic, and social shocks and face greater health and safety risks. Yet, women and girls are underrepresentedin advancing climate justice across all levels and sectors, and climate ...
What would the world look like if women and girls had equal opportunities to access, use, lead, and design technology and innovation? This question is central to the Generation Equality Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality, which is set to bridge the gender digital divide across generations, doublethe proportion of wome...
Without increased action to advance feminist movements and leadership, we are far from achieving gender parity in political life. At the current rate of progress, equal gender representation will not be achieved in national legislative bodies until 2063. Feminist leaders, including trans, intersex and nonbinary people, indigenous women, young femin...
2021 can be a landmark year for gender equality if we #ActForEqual and step up for gender equality. Registerfor the Generation Equality Forum by 27 June 2021 to join the multi-actor and inter-generational gathering and follow UN Women on social media to stay up to date with Forum news. To learn more about each Action Coalition’s commitments, see th...
The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics. Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, according to a...
Oct 15, 2019 · Around the world, women are taking charge of their future. From France to Kenya to India and Malawi, women are feeling more empowered to make their voices heard—and to demand gender equality.
Dec 30, 2022 · Now more than 1.2 billion women and girls of reproductive age live in countries and areas with some restrictions on access to safe abortion, according to UN Women.
