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 ...

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.

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 since its …

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.

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 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 ...

Mar 6, 2024 · Reaching gender equality is not possible without laws in place to end discrimination against women and promote equality. But out of 120 countries and areas for which data exists, the report finds that 67 of them lack laws that prohibit direct and indirect discrimination against women, while in 53 countries, the law “does not mandate equal ...

Sep 16, 2024 · We are witnessing the shrinking and shifting of civic space. Progress on gender equality is stalling, and the right to protest is severely restricted in many countries around the world. Girls’ and young women’s right to make their voices heard – and to continue pushing for change and accountability – has to be protected and championed.

Oct 25, 2024 · Gender parity is a human right. The right of women, in all their diversity, to have an equal say in all decisions that shape their societies, economies, and futures, is non-negotiable. And gender parity is transformative. It brings to bear the …

Oct 31, 2024 · SummaryThe term “gender” was originally conceptualized to explain and challenge the systematic oppression of women. Following the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 1995, gender was considered one of the key concepts in international human rights. Now, transnational movements opposing “gender ideology” have gained ground, including among conservative ...