Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals:
The Gender Equality 2021
The pandemic has tested and even reversed the progress in expanding women’s rights and opportunities. Women have not recovered their lost jobs and income, hunger is on the rise and schools closure threatens girls’ educational opportunities. Women’s participation in government, research, and resource management fields remains far from equal. Vulnerable groups of women, including migrants, those with disabilities and those affected by conflict are frequently left behind. Disparities between rich and poor countries are preventing equal access to lifesaving. COVID-19 and the backlash against women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights are further diminishing the outlook for gender equality, despite women’s central roles in responding to pandemic including as front-line health workers, they do not have the leadership positions they deserve. vaccines and treatments, putting women in poorer countries at disproportionate risk.
The report shows that the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030.
Violence against women remains high; global health, climate and humanitarian crises have further increased risks of violence, especially for the most vulnerable women and girls; and women feel more unsafe than they did before the pandemic. Women’s representation in positions of power and decision-making remains below parity.
Moving forward, progress on SDG 5 will remain out of reach unless long-term structural barriers to gender equality, including discriminatory norms, laws and practices are addressed and dismantled. Nearly at the half-way mark to 2030.
Now is the time to act and invest in women and girls. Global cooperation and investments in the gender equality and women’s empowerment agenda, including through increased national funding, are essential to right the course and place SDG 5 back on track.
Building forward differently and better will require placing women and girls at the centre of all aspects of response and recovery, including through gender-responsive laws, policies, and budgeting.
-References:
-UN women. (2022), Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2022. Available at: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2022/09/progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-gender-snapshot-2022 [Accessed 10 October 2022 ].
-UN women. (2021), Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2021. Available at: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2021/09/progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-gender-snapshot-2021 [Accessed 11 October 2022 ].
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