Gender Snapshot 2022 Report: It will take 3 centuries to close gender gap completely, warns UN

Source: The post is based on the article “Gender Snapshot 2022 Report: It will take 3 centuries to close gender gap completely, warns UN” published in Down To Earth on 8th September 2022.

What is the News?

The report titled “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): The Gender Snapshot 2022” was released by United Nations (UN) Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).

What are the key findings of the report?

It will take 286 years to achieve full gender equality at the current rate of progress.

In 2022, women held only 26.4% of Parliamentary seats globally. In 23 countries, representation was below 10%. At the current pace of progress, parity will not be achieved until 2062. 

By the end of 2022, around 383 million women and girls will live in extreme poverty (on less than $1.90 a day) compared to 368 million men and boys.

In 2020, women held less than 1 in every 3 managerial positions (28.3%) Only 47 of the 151 countries and areas with data have reached over 40% representation.At current rates, parity will not be achieved for more than 140 years.

Over 1.2 billion women and girls of reproductive age (15-49) live in countries and areas with some restrictions on access to safe abortion.

Women hold only 2 in every 10 science, engineering and information and communication technology jobs globally.

Globally, more than 1 in every 10 women and girls aged 15-49 were subjected to sexual and/ or physical violence by an intimate partner in the previous year.

What are the recommendations given by the report?

Firstly, cooperation, partnerships, and investments in the gender equality agenda are essential to correct the course and place gender equality back on track. 

Secondly, to eradicate child marriage by 2030, progress must be 17 times faster than the progress of the last decade.

Thirdly, long-term structural barriers to gender equality, laws and practices need to be addressed and dismantled.