Tag: gender
Gender Discrimination Hinders Climate Crisis Mitigation
Despite some progress in addressing gender discrimination, major environmental, economic, and social challenges threaten to undermine efforts towards women's empowerment worldwide. Discriminatory social institutions across 179 countries continue to hinder progress towards gender equality, impacting women's roles in climate resilience, agriculture, and disaster risk reduction, said latest report.
Alarming Gender Parity Gaps Worldwide
Gender parity remains elusive, with less than one per cent of women and girls living in countries that exhibit both high women's empowerment and a small gender gap, said a report by UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Gender Disparities in Water and Sanitation: Women and Girls’ Struggle
A new report by UNICEF and WHO highlights the gender disparities in water and sanitation, revealing that women and girls are disproportionately affected by the global water crisis. Discover the findings that shed light on the challenges faced by women and girls in accessing clean water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene, and the need for urgent action to address these inequalities.
No Improvement in Prejudice against Women
The world shows no improvement in the level of prejudice shown against women over the past decade, with almost nine out of 10 men and women worldwide, still holding such biases, according to a new UN report.
Gender Imbalance In Employment Worse; ILO
Gender imbalances in employment and working conditions are more than previously thought and progress in reducing them disappointingly slow in the last...
Address Root Cause Of Gender Violence For More Food
The world should address the root causes of Gender Based Violence for women to be safer and more likely to have food,...
Do Americans Know Better Their Gender?
How many of the Americans know that their gender differs from the sex they were assigned at birth? A recent survey by...
Young Ones Exposed To Multiple Gender Violence
Children and young people are exposed to a wide range of gendered violence. However, the phenomenon is poorly understood, which makes helping the victims...
Men Respond More Than Women Against Gender Threats
Men are more likely to respond negatively to gender threats in the workplace than women and they engage in deviant behaviour like cheating or...
2020 saw 47,000 women/ girls Killed At the Hands of Family...
A woman or a girl is killed by an intimate partner or a family member every 11 minutes, and the magnitude of gender related...
