Dec 20, 2024 · Gender equality is at the very heart of human rights and United Nations values. Gender-based discrimination is prohibited under almost every human rights treaty. Despite much progress made in securing women’s rights globally, millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, being denied of their equality ...

Jun 11, 2024 · 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). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time …

Jun 27, 2024 · While the speed of progress is “deeply insufficient to achieve gender equality by 2030”, it is achievable, the report says, if government and business “shift both resources and mindsets towards a new paradigm of economic thinking, where gender parity is embraced as a condition for equitable and sustainable growth”.

Mar 3, 2022 · Gender equality has suffered since the pandemic began. It will now take an estimated 135.6 years to close the worldwide gender gap between men and women. However, progress is being made in areas including science and politics. Improving paternity policies and representation of women will help.

Mar 8, 2019 · At the current rate of progress, it will take another 108 years to reach gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s most recent Global Gender Gap report. Across the 106 countries covered since the first edition of the report, the biggest gaps to close are in the economic and political empowerment dimensions, which will take 202 ...

About gender equality and the human rights of women and LGBTI persons. Gender equality is at the very heart of human rights and United Nations values. Equality and non-discrimination are fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter, adopted by world leaders in 1945.

Mar 8, 2024 · Gender equality at the movies Gender inequality at the Oscars is indicative of trends in the wider film industry, and society as a whole, as the research shows. Out of the 100 highest-grossing films for 2023, only 30 featured women and girls in lead and co-lead roles, down from 44 films in 2022—and the same number as 2010.

Sep 4, 2018 · Asian economies that recognize the contribution gender equality makes to their economic success could lead the way in shrinking the gap further. Since 2006, the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index has raised awareness of gender disparities that exist around the world. The latest report highlights the areas of outstanding ...

Greek GENEVA / ATHENS (12 April 2019) – Greece has a unique opportunity to simultaneously strengthen its economy and drive progress on women’s human rights by prioritising gender equality in its social and economic recovery, says a group of UN independent experts.

Jul 3, 2024 · The Generation Equality Forum took place in Mexico City in March and in Paris from 30 June – 2 July 2021. The Forum launched a 5-year action journey to achieve irreversible progress towards gender equality, founded on a series of concrete, ambitious and transformative actions, including $40 Billion in financial commitme