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Here are 13 shocking facts about the state of global gender inequality today. 1. Not a single country in the world has achieved gender equality. On a global level, there’s been little progress on gender equality since the Global Goals were signed in 2015.
Gender inequality occurs when people face discrimination, fewer opportunities, and increased violence because of their gender. When gender inequality exists in a society, it produces unequal outcomes that hurt not just those targeted because of their gender, but everyone else, too.
As the following statistics show, there are huge differences in the types of inequality faced by women in different parts of the world - from cultural representation, to domestic burdens and child marriage.
The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment).
Gender equality means that women and men and girls and boys enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities and protections. Investments in gender equality contribute to lifelong positive outcomes for children and their communities and yield considerable inter-generational payoffs, as children’s rights and well-being often depend on the ...
Gender inequality, racial discrimination, and LGBTQ+ stigma are linked. Inequality does not affect everyone the same. In 2020, white women in the United States earned 81 cents for every dollar a white man earns. However, other ethnicities (like Hispanic and Black women) earned just 75 cents.
In 2020, only 47% of women of working age participated in the labour market, compared to 74% of men – a gender gap that has remained relatively constant since 1995.
Progress towards gender equality is looking bleak. But it doesn’t need to. 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 ...
“The gender snapshot 2023” warns that, if current trends continue, more than 340 million women and girls—an estimated 8 per cent of the world’s female population—will live in extreme poverty by 2030, and close to one in four will experience moderate or severe food insecurity.
Marking the final year of the GAP implementation cycle, this report summarizes how UNICEF, together with its partners, contributed to gender equality over the last four years, with an emphasis on results in 2021 to improve the lives of children and the communities in which they live.