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What does gender equality look like today? - UN Women
WEBOct 6, 2021 · A new global analysis of progress on gender equality and women’s rights shows women and girls remain disproportionately affected by the socioeconomic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, struggling with disproportionately high job and livelihood losses, education disruptions and increased burdens of unpaid care work. Women’s health services, poorly funded even before the pandemic, faced ...
The 11 biggest hurdles for women’s equality by 2030
WEBSep 7, 2023 · Where legislation does exist to promote gender equality, effective implementation remains a challenge. 11. Lack of access to clean energy and sanitation. An estimated 341 million women and girls are projected to lack electricity by 2030. Universal access could significantly reduce poverty and improve women’s health.
WEB5 LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AfDB African Development Bank ARRs asset-based reserve requirements CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CESR Center for Economic and Social Rights CTT currency transactions tax ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean EIF enhanced integrated framework
Explainer: How gender inequality and climate change are …
WEBFeb 28, 2022 · As climate change drives conflict across the world, women and girls face increased vulnerabilities to all forms of gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, human trafficking, child marriage, and other forms of violence. When disasters strike, women are less likely to survive and more likely to be injured due to long ...
Sixteen defining moments for gender equality in 2021
WEBAs 2021 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of the major moments for gender equality and women’s rights from the past 12 months. From women at the forefront of the ongoing fight against COVID-19, to new laws to support survivors of gender-based violence, from women in the highest political offices to eliminating gender stereotypes in advertising, join us in celebrating some ...
Facts and figures: Economic empowerment - UN Women
WEBWomen are less likely to be entrepreneurs and face more disadvantages starting businesses. In 2022 women’s start-up activity in 2022 was 10.1 per cent, or 80 per cent of the rate of men at 12.6 per cent. However, the established business rate for women was 5.5 per cent, or 68 per cent of the rate of men at 8.1 per cent.
WEB2 The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 established gender mainstreaming as the global strategy for promoting gender equality. 1 The outcome document of this Conference, the Beijing Platform for Action, identified twelve critical areas of concern for urgent action to accelerate the achievement of gender
Facts and figures: Ending violence against women
WEBSep 21, 2023 · The availability of data on violence against women and girls has improved considerably in recent years, and data on the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) are now available for at least 161 countries. Please visit our research and data page to better understand how data are crucial to UN Women’s work on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls.
Five ways to build gender equality and sustainability
WEBFeb 28, 2022 · Over the last few decades, 55 per cent of the improvement in food security in developing countries has been driven by programmes promoting women’s empowerment. The Food and Agriculture Organization projects that if women farmers had equal access to productive resources, their farm yields would increase by 20 to 30 per cent. This could provide enough food to keep 100 to 150 million people ...