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#GenderEquality is backsliding. Nearly 40% of countries are stagnating or declining on gender equality, with hard-won gains in women and girl's rights at risk of unravelling due to: ❗Rising anti-feminist rhetoric ❗Political polarization ❗Increasing economic instability ❗Climate change Read the 2024 SDG Gender Index to find out more: https://lnkd.in/daH3Z8gb hashtag #GenderEqualFuture

Sobering yet essential reading. While we see glimmers of hope, again this year, the scale and speed of progress are gravely insufficient to achieve gender equality by 2030. Resourcing gender equality efforts at all levels is a key ingredient to avoid the rollback of hard-earned progress. Advancing gender equality requires everyone’s commitment and participation — in government; the private, philanthropic and community sectors; in families, the arts, media, sports, faith communities. We can make change: knowing where we stand and where efforts are most needed is a great place to start. Read on and act now.

It will take 134 years to reach full gender parity – roughly five generations beyond the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal. That's a three-year increase over 2023's projection. Featuring LinkedIn data and insights, the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report 2024, provides a comprehensive gender equality assessment across 146 countries. As shown by the report, the scale and speed of progress are not enough to achieve #GenderEquality by 2030. However, through collaborative efforts and targeted interventions between governments and businesses, we can accelerate progress! Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eXBZggDC Via World Economic Forum

Even with all the efforts being put in by various stakeholders, we have added three more years to the projection to reach full gender parity taking the figure to 136 years (five generations after #agenda2030). World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2024, gives the comprehensive gender equality assessment across 146 countries. The Global Gender Gap Index (#GGGI) annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions: 1. Economic Participation and Opportunity, 2. Educational Attainment, 3. Health and Survival, and 4. Political Empowerment. Since launching in 2006, it is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous economies’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time. Some facts about the report: * this is the 18th edition of the report * 101 countries have been included in all the editions since 2006 * The global gender gap score in 2024 for all 146 countries included in this edition stands at 68.5% closed. *Iceland (93.5%) is again ranked 1st and has been leading the index for a decade and a half. It also continues to be the only economy to have closed over 90% of its gender gap. *European economies occupy seven spots out of the global top 10. In addition to Iceland, these include Finland (2nd, 87.5%), Norway (3rd, 87.5%), Sweden (5th , 81.6%), Germany (7th, 81%), Ireland (9th, 80.2%) and Spain (10th, 79.7%).  The most important insight is : Among the 146 economies covered in the 2024 index, * the Health and Survival gender gap has closed by 96%, * the Educational Attainment gap by 94.9%, * the Economic Participation and Opportunity gap by 60.5%, and * the Political Empowerment gap by 22.5%. Lets learn more lessons from these figures and design effective strategies and projects. If you are curious to know more, click on the link below and enjoy reading ! https://lnkd.in/eXBZggDC Gender and Development Network Gender Unit | Ministry of Planning Development and Special InitiativesGender Equity Policy Institute Gender and Environment Data Alliance (GEDA) #undp #unwomen #unicef #unpacific #unfiji #unu #unuiigh #rajeshwarimalik #changemakers #uninindia United Nations Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN UNDP Türkiye UNU-WIDER - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research

The Global Gender Gap Report 2024 meticulously analyzes gender disparities across four critical domains: economic participation, educational attainment, health outcomes, and political empowerment. It assesses progress and setbacks in achieving gender parity globally, presenting rankings that illustrate how countries fare in closing these gaps. The report also identifies areas where strides have been made while underscoring persistent challenges that hinder gender equality efforts worldwide.

The challenge of attaining gender equality is much bigger than merely “slow progress”. There’s an active regress. Even worse, the regress is being actively championed and orchestrated by a growing group of anti-women extremists. Yes, there’s an active crusade against gender equality. It is no longer enough to simply do more of what we used to do. Our quest for #genderequality must also include strategies and concrete interventions to address the backslide and the backlash behind the regress.

As we prepare for the Summit of the Future, I’ve been thinking about the powerful findings from the 2024 SDG Gender Index from Equal Measures 2030. #GenderEquality is key to achieving nearly 75% of the SDGs. Yet due to polycrisis, including climate change, economic instability, conflict, and political shifts including anti-feminist and anti-rights attacks, we could be on track for gender equality to be WORSE in 2030 than when we negotiated the SDGs in 2015. When I walk into the United Nations for the Summit in less than two weeks, I hope to hear Member States making specific, measurable commitments to accelerate progress on gender equality, including reducing gender-based violence and maternal mortality-though I don’t really expect it to happen. The #PactForTheFuture needs stronger commitments, and most importantly we need those actionable, funded commitments at the national level, if we are to start to turn this tide on gender inequality and address the 8 looming crises facing women and girls. Take a moment to read and engage with the data in the 2024 SDG Gender Index available here: https://lnkd.in/e3VABYAQ And if you are a Member State, policymaker, or advocate, here’s a helpful summary of recommendations from PMNCH: https://lnkd.in/e6sGpnZu #SummitOfTheFuture #HealthForAll #women #girls

❓ How much longer are we prepared to wait for gender equality ❓ The newly released 2024 Gender Index from Equal Measures 2030 shows that with the current trends, global gender equality won’t be achieved until the 22nd century. 📊 The report evaluates progress on gender equality across all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 139 countries. Here are some key findings: ▫️ No country is currently on track to achieve gender equality by 2030 ▫️ Nearly 40% of countries have either stagnated or regressed between 2019 and 2022 ▫️ 74% of SDG targets cannot be achieved without significant advancements in gender equality It is crucial to recognise and resolve underlying systemic issues that hinder sustainable development for a gender-equal future requires collective action and systems-level change, fixing the system and not the women. Read more >> https://lnkd.in/daH3Z8gb #GenderEquality #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #GenderIndex

😡 NO COUNTRY IS ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY BY 2030 🤔 If you are interested in details, read the details of the 2024 SDG Gender Index Report. 😵 If you are not interested in details, tell us why you do not care about #GenderEquality

📉 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝐢𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡. The SDG Gender Index published by Equal Measures 2030 shows that if current trends continue, we won't achieve gender equality until the 22nd century. It's time to commit the resources, policies, and action to make gender equality a reality in OUR lifetime—not the next. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/daH3Z8gb