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Sep 21, 2022 · The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022 projected that, at the current rate of progress, it will take 132 years to reach gender parity globally. The Index launched in 2006, and yet in the sixteen years that have followed, the gender gap closed by only 4%.
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.
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.
The ninth edition will be published in 2025 and will provide a comprehensive analysis of two of the most pressing challenges facing the world today: the rapidly accelerating heating of the planet and the stalled progress for the world’s women and girls.
- Thirty Years of Gains Gone 'Almost Overnight'
- Iranian Women in The Spotlight
- Us Winds Back Reproductive Rights
- Worldwide Increase in Gender Violence
- The 2022 Surprises
Since the Taliban's takeover in August 2021, women who grew up in an era of relative opportunity in Afghanistan have had their lives turned upside down. Implementing a strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia,the Taliban has been increasingly cracking down on women's rights and freedoms. Girls have been banned from middle school and high sch...
Although it has taken 43 years, Nos Hosseini has been overwhelmed by the scale of uprising and international attention Iranian women's rights have gained in recent months. "It's wonderful that the community all across the world is showing a strong level of support for the people's movement for regime change in a way that they haven't before," Ms Ho...
In June, a US Supreme Court ruling ended a constitutional right to abortion after nearly 50 years. The fallout from the decision to overturn Roe v Wadewas immediate and far-reaching, with several states moving swiftly to enact laws restricting or banning abortions completely. Abortion is currently considered illegal at all stages of pregnancy, with...
Initial reports indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in violence against women worldwide in recent years. And the issue continued to worsen in 2022 with the intersecting crises of climate change, global conflicts and economic instability. "There's been a whole accumulation of factors that have impacted women in the past year,"...
Dr Dulhunty was surprised to see continued discrimination against women in the media and digital spaces in 2022. Two weeks ago, UK newspaper The Sun ran a column by Television presenter Jeremy Clarkson which hurled vitriolic abuse at Meghan Markle,the Duchess of Sussex. The media has repeatedly taken aim at Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who l...
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Sep 2, 2021 · The Zapatista women are women on the verge: they are redefining feminism as praxis, and embody a mode of resistance: they have inspired a struggle for the defence of life and against global patriarchy from the south-east mountains of Mexico to the world.
Jul 13, 2022 · Most countries (30 of 35) are on the verge of closing their gender gaps in the share of women in technical roles, with a level of parity of 99% or more, and 22 countries - including Hungary, France and the United Kingdom - have improved their scores for perceived wage equality for similar work.
