How much progress have we made?
Are they any other gender-related challenges?
Why should gender equality matter to me?
What can we do?
-
With only seven years remaining, a mere 15.4 per cent of Goal 5 indicators with data are “on track”, 61.5 per cent are at a moderate distance and 23.1 per cent are far or very far off track from 2030 targets. -
In many areas, progress has been too slow. At the current rate, it will take an estimated 300 years to end child marriage, 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discriminatory laws, 140 years for women to be represented equally in positions of power and leadership in the workplace, and 47 years to achieve equal representation in national parliaments. -
Political leadership, investments and comprehensive policy reforms are needed to dismantle systemic barriers to achieving Goal 5. Gender equality is a cross-cutting objective and must be a key focus of national policies, budgets and institutions. -
Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity. Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don’t Have Same Economic Rights as Men -
178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent women’s full economic participation. Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don’t Have Same Economic Rights as Men -
In 2019, one in five women, aged 20-24 years, were married before the age of 18. Girls | UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children
Related news
Press Release| The world is failing girls and women, according to new UN report
Liberia, Mexico, Niger, Senegal and Sierra Leone to tackle barriers to the deployment of women in peace operations with the support of the UN Elsie Initiative Fund
Women’s job market participation stagnating at less than 50% for the past 25 years, finds UN report
Related videos
At World Health Assembly, countries agree on efforts to boost pandemic preparedness
Global AI summit tackles misinformation and deepfakes with a little ‘bot’ of help
Press Release | UN Conference on Small Island Developing States delivers new era of resilience amidst SIDS’ crippling debt crisis