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Gender equality is a cross-cutting objective and must be a key focus of national policies, budgets and institutions. Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic...
Gender equality, besides being a fundamental human right, is essential to achieve peaceful societies, with full human potential and sustainable development. Moreover, it has been shown that...
Reducing inequality strengthens economies and builds stable, resilient societies that give everyone the chance to thrive. UNICEF builds partnerships across the world to accelerate gender equality. In all areas of our work, we integrate strategies that address gender-specific discrimination
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations, and needs equally, regardless of gender.
Gender equality is at the very heart of human rights and United Nations values. Gender-based discrimination is prohibited under almost every human rights treaty.
ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS. Gender bias is undermining our social fabric and devalues all of us. It is not just a human rights issue; it is a tremendous waste of the world’s human potential. By denying women equal rights, we deny half the population a chance to live life at its fullest.
Oct 6, 2021 · A new global analysis of progress on gender equality and women’s rights shows women and girls remain disproportionately affected by the socioeconomic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, struggling with disproportionately high job and livelihood losses, education disruptions and increased burdens of unpaid care work.
With six years left to realise the commitments made to adolescent girls in the Sustainable Development Goals, urgent investment is needed to progress on their rights across health, nutrition, education, protection, economic empowerment and indeed gender inequality: The five game-changing priorities presented in this publication provide a ...
Nov 25, 2010 · UNESCO is committed to gender equality as a human rights issue and a precondition for sustainable people-centered development. It is at the core of UNESCO’s conviction of how to build lasting peace. Discover UNESCO's action for Gender Equality.
Jul 11, 2024 · The Global Platform for Gender Equality in and through Education aims to disrupt the cycle of "low education and low productivity" for better outcomes for all. Since September 2022, the Platform has mobilized over 40 partners, including civil society, youth activists, governments and international organizations.
