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The Global Gender Gap Report 2024 highlights the progress and challenges facing women in the workforce. Find out how far we've come – and what still needs work. ... It also highlights the role of measures such as quotas and professional networks in improving women’s access to the world of work. LinkedIn data shows men typically have larger ...

In many countries around the world, women are denied their rights on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. Lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex women and gender non-confirming people face violence, exclusion, harassment, and discrimination Many are also subjected to extreme violence , including sexual ...

Are they any other gender-related challenges? Yes. Worldwide, nearly half of married women lack decision-making power over their sexual and reproductive health and rights. 35 per cent of women ...

Ensuring health and well-being for all at all ages (SDG 3) cannot be achieved without addressing the specific barriers and challenges faced by women, men, girls, boys and gender diverse people. Gender equality (SDG 5) is a development goal in its own right and there are 45 targets and 54 gender-specific indicators addressing gender equality ...

The twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine created a global upsurge in inflation from 2022 – 2023 that led to a cost-of-living crisis, disproportionately impacting women and girls.As average global inflation peaked at 9.8% in 2022 and essential food and energy costs spiked, women – who often earn less and shoulder more unpaid domestic and care work than men – faced ...

The focus of this year’s World Health Day, healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, is a timely reminder that we must prioritize the health of all women at every stage of life, and in every circumstance. The knock-on effects will strengthen not just women’s lives, but the wellbeing of entire societies. Reaching women in conflict zones

On 11 March 2025, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, together with the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, MamaCash, Equality Fund and the Alliance for Feminist Movements, hosted a Strategic Dialogue "Beyond Beijing+30: Sustainable Financing for Gender Equality” with women’s rights and civil society organizations in the global context of backlash.

Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal work.

Worldwide, women live an average four years longer than men. In 2011, women's life expectancy at birth was more than 80 years in 46 countries, but only 58 years in the WHO African Region. ... Many of the health problems faced by women in older age are the result of exposure to risk factors in adolescence and adulthood, such as smoking ...

These are the challenges facing women in the world's least developed countries. As Equals All stories Close + The Great Illusion. Why work isn't working for women and how we can fix it

In 2016, the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls decided to give more visibility to the unique challenges faced by women human rights defenders (WHRDs) around the world. These challenges are driven by deep-rooted discrimination against women and stereotypes about their “appropriate” role in society.

Caregiving responsibilities faced by women in leadership positions more than men went largely unsupported; 58 per cent of countries lack paid leave to address adult family members’ health. ... studies could offer insights into how different aspects of the law affect their relative impacts as well as the challenges and successes experienced by ...

“Progress of the world’s women” is UN Women’s periodic investigation of progress made towards a world where women, girls, and gender-diverse people live free from inequality, poverty, and violence. Provocative and insightful, this series is the product of multi-year research, in-depth analyses, and data findings that build upon the expertise of leading organizations, activists, and ...

6 Five Challenges, One Solution: Women In sum, many women aged 15-19 are already using contraception to space pregnancies if married and to prevent them if unmarried and sexually active. At the same time, large numbers of young women still have an unmet need for contraception to space births,

The findings are thought-provoking. They give us insight into the challenges, both in and out of the workplace, faced by the world’s working women today—and how far employers around the world still have to go to create workplaces where women thrive.

A poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation finds that work-life balance and the gender pay gap lead the list of critical concerns for women in the leading economies of the developed world.

Following the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, women were initially permitted to attend segregated university classes in Afghanistan but faced a plethora of restrictions and challenges on and off campus. This study examined the experiences of female students under Taliban rule, drawing on interviews with 11 students from a public university in western Afghanistan. Participants ...

The World Bank regularly convenes a wide range of development stakeholders to address violence against women and girls. For example, former WBG President Jim Yong Kim committed to an annual Development Marketplace competition, together with the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) , to encourage researchers from around the world to build ...

Challenges Faced by Female Workers in Iran The chronic struggles faced by female workers, and a recent deadly explosion in Bandar Abbas. Wednesday, May 7, 2025. ... Reports indicate that women in Iran face significant gender and social inequalities imposed by the clerical regime. Despite often being essential household breadwinners, they aren ...