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Can We Achieve Gender Equality by 2030?
Can We Achieve Gender Equality by 2030?
At this rate of progress, the world will fail to achieve gender equality until 2030. The current development is too slow, in particular with delays in addressing root causes, which are clearly linked to gender-sensitive laws and policies along with budgeting. Socially, injurious norms of discrimination continue unabated, preventing women from having equal opportunities as compared to men. Women's political and managerial representation and their decision-making powers on matters related to their sexual and reproductive health remain acutely limited. Violence against women remains widespread, and harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation continue to affect girls, although at reduced levels compared with recent years.
Harmful Practices
Harmful habits severely undermine the well-being of women and girls. They lead to social consequences through social instability and poverty.
In 2024,
1 in 5 women
aged 20-24 years was married before age 18 (18.7%), down from 1 in 4 in 2003 (24.1%).
Globally,
over 230 million
girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation, including 21.7% in sub-Saharan Africa and 73.6% in Northern Africa.
This represents a 15% increase, or
30 million more
girls and women over the last 8 years.
Globally, women spend
2.5 times
as many hours a day on unpaid care and domestic work as men, including: 3.1 times in sub-Saharan Africa and 4.9 times in Northern Africa and Western Asia.
Unpaid Care Work
Unpaid Care Work
Unpaid care work by women under SDG 5 highlights gender equality, emphasizing recognition, redistribution, and value for equitable progress.
Globally, women held
1 in every 4 seats
in parliament (26.9%), up from 22.3% in 2024, and
1 in every 3 seats
in local governments (35.5%) in 2023
Leadership and Decision-making
Leadership and Decision-making
Women frequently face exclusion from leadership and decision-making positions in both political spheres and the private sector.
77 CENTS
77 CENTS
women earn only 77 cents for every for every dollar that men get for the same work
women earn only 77 cents for every for every dollar that men get for the same work
2 out of 3
2 out of 3
Two-thirds of developing countries have achieving gender parity in primary education
Two-thirds of developing countries have achieving gender parity in primary education
1 in 3
1 in 3
35% of women have experienced physical and or sexual violence
35% of women have experienced physical and or sexual violence
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