The Gender Snapshot 2022

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Published
9th Sep, 2022

Context

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

Key-Findings of the Report

Substainable Development Goal-5 (SDG-5), or achieving gender equality, will not be met by 2030 at the current pace of progress.

It will take close to 300 years to achieve full gender equality at the current rate of progress, according to the report.

By the end of 2022, around 383 million women and girls will live in extreme poverty (on less than USD 1.90 a day) compared to 368 million men and boys.
It will take close to 300 years to achieve full gender equality at the current rate of progress.

It will also take at least 40 years to achieve equal representation of women in national parliaments.

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

Girls from the poorest rural households and in conflict-affected areas are expected to suffer the most.

In 2021, about 38% of female-headed households in war-affected areas experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, compared to 20% of male-headed households.
Globally, women lost an estimated USD 800 billion in income in 2020 due to the pandemic.
More women and girls are now forcibly displaced than ever before, some 44 million women and girls by the end of 2021.
Over 1.2 billion women and girls of reproductive age (15-49) live in countries and areas with somerestrictions on access to safe abortion.

About UN Women

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women.
UN Women advocates for the rights of women and girls, and focuses on a wide array of issues, including violence against women and violence against LGBTIQ+ people.
It works for gender equality and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).

About Sustainable Development Goal

The United Nations Document “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
This agenda contains 17 goals and 169 targets.
The agenda is built on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were adopted in 2000 and were to be achieved by 2015.
SDGs provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.