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In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls.

  • [New] A key goal is to use AI to help spur progress toward achieving the U.N.'s badly lagging development goals for 2030, including ending global hunger and poverty, improving health worldwide, ensuring quality secondary education for all children and achieving gender equality. Winnipeg Free Press
  • [New] The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are under threat, citing a reversal in hard-won progress, increasing violence against women and a growing digital gender divide. UN News
  • [New] A report published in 2024 by the United Nations predicted that it could take another 286 years to close the global gender gaps in legal protections for women and girls. Committee for a Workers' International
  • [New] Gender-based violence, conflict, food hardship, and a lack of social safety are all risks to women worldwide. The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News
  • [New] Based on last year's Equal Pay Day, women still work for free for approximately two months of the year and based on analysis of gender pay gap reporting since its inception, it is projected that the gender pay gap in the UK will not be closed until 2051, at the earliest. Herrington Carmichael
  • Since the COVID-19 pandemic - which has widened pre-existing inequality gaps, including gender inequality, and reversed progress on sustainable development - it is now estimated that it will take the world 286 years to achieve gender equality. World Health Organization: WHO
  • To help address the consequences and root causes associated with systemic gender inequality, Global Affairs Canada will continue to play a leadership role in advancing the rights of women and girls and gender equality in the poorest and most fragile countries. GAC
  • Global Affairs Canada will advance a broad range of relationships with new and existing partners based on core Canadian interests, including sovereignty, national security, sustainable and inclusive economic prosperity, gender equality, and democracy and human rights. GAC
  • A glaring gender gap in the UK's high-growth entrepreneurship ecosystem is hindering progress and stifling the full potential of women in driving innovation and economic growth. The Fintech Times
  • For a developing country like China, where women are threatened by human trafficking and domestic violence with few judicial interventions, a quick and efficient policy to improve gender equality is essential. Nature
  • Energy company AGL (gender pay gap of 30%, again, twice the national median for base pay) says it strives to empower women to achieve their career goals and provide them with opportunities to connect and grow. The Sydney Morning Herald
  • The anti-trans bill will now be advanced to the State Senate, and if passed, will make Ohio the 23rd US state to restrict gender-affirming care for young people. PinkNews
  • With a national election looming in 2024, more states may find innovative ways to both restrict and protect sexual and reproductive health care and rights, especially abortion and gender-affirming care. Guttmacher Institute
  • At the end of last year, an article in the Guardian indicated that, UK women aged 40 and older will not experience the closure of the gender pay gap until after they reach state pension age. youTalk-insurance.com
  • Gender-based violence - including physical, sexual, or psychological harm, threats, and deprivations of liberty - is endemic throughout society, with the UN estimating that one in three women will experience at least one form during their lifetime. Bond | The international development network
  • The Afghanistan context after the Taliban takeover and the discriminatory restrictions imposed on women and girls further heightens their vulnerability to gender-based violence, both in the public and private sphere. United Nations
  • Closing the gender gap in farm productivity and the wage gap in agricultural employment could potentially reduce global food insecurity by about 2 percentage points and improve nutrition, livelihoods and sustainable food systems. IFAD
  • Without ambitious investments to scale-up prevention programmes, implement effective policies, and provide support services to address violence against women and girls, countries will fail to end gender-based violence by 2030. UN Women - Headquarters
  • ADB will seek to expand support for communities vulnerable to rising sea levels through nature-based coastal protection and blue economy initiatives while continuing to advance gender equality and social protection. Asian Development Bank
  • In the United States, over a half-million girls and women are affected by, or at risk for, FGM/C and it is important that FGM/C is recognized as a prevalent form of gender based violence worldwide. Milken Institute School of Public Health
  • Portugal signed a 2023-2027 strategic cooperation program with Angola worth €500 million, in which the promotion of human rights, good governance, gender equality, and women empowerment are priorities. Carnegie Europe
  • To put an end to gender violence in Colombia, it will be crucial to implement a comprehensive approach that addresses education in human rights, respect, and gender equality from an early age. Project HOPE

Last updated: 17 March 2024



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