UN / SDGS GENDER EQUALITY

A new report reveals that “in many areas progress remains slow to achieve the SDGs by 2030” and even where progress is made, “it may not reach the women and girls who need it most and the ones that are being left furthest behind,” according to the Executive Director of UN-Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:14
• Production Date: 14 February 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: PHUMZILE MLAMBO-NGCUKA
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN - UN-WOMEN
• Subject Topical: GENDER EQUALITY; HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• Geographic Subject: COLOMBIA; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PERU; UNITED KINGDOM
• MAMS Id: 2093130
• Parent Id: 2093130
• Alternate Title: unifeed180214d

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STORY: UN / SDGS GENDER EQUALITY
TRT: 02:14
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 14 FEBRUARY 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

14 FEBRUARY 2018, NEW YORK CITY

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women:
“The report reveals that in many areas progress remains slow to achieve the SDGs by 2030. Even where progress is made, it may not reach the women and girls who need it most and the ones that are being left furthest behind.”
4. Wide shot, dais
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women:
“Women in the poorest households in Nigeria are 3.6 times likely to be married as children as women from the richest households. In Pakistan almost half of all women and girls aged between 15 to 49 have no say in decisions regarding their own healthcare. In Colombia, the poorest rural indigenous women are more than 300 times likely to lack skilled delivery care as women in the richest urban majority group.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Shahra Razavi, Chief of the Research and Data Section of UN Women and, Lead Author of the Report:
“Women are more likely than men to be food insecure, and nearly two thirds of countries for which there is data - and this includes both developed and developing countries, including the UK for example - as well as countries like Peru and Pakistan where the gender gap is at its highest, eleven percentage points difference.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Shahra Razavi, Chief of the Research and Data Section of UN Women and, Lead Author of the Report:
“This report is also very forward looking and we argue that three key elements are needed in order to monitor and accelerate change for women and girls; better data, much stronger accountability mechanisms, and transformative policies.”
10. Wide shot, dais
11. SOUNDBITE (English):
“With a movement like that, instantly there is a lot of data out there in front of everybody. Everyone can see how prevalent sexual harassment is. We can see that one executive can be a serial offender without any consequences and how long it takes women to come to terms with the situation and gain the courage to come forward.”
12. Wide shot, end of presser

Storyline

A new report reveals that “in many areas progress remains slow to achieve the SDGs by 2030” and even where progress is made, “it may not reach the women and girls who need it most and the ones that are being left furthest behind,” according to the Executive Director of UN-Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

The report, “Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” released today (14 Feb) at UN Headquarters, was produced by the UN Women Research and Data section.

Quoting from the report, Mlambo-Ngcuka said “women in the poorest households in Nigeria are 3.6 times likely to be married as children as women from the richest households. In Pakistan almost half of all women and girls aged between 15 to 49 have no say in decisions regarding their own healthcare. In Colombia, the poorest rural indigenous women are more than 300 times likely to lack skilled delivery care as women in the richest urban majority group.”

The lead author of the report, Shahra Razavi, said “women are more likely than men to be food insecure, and nearly two thirds of countries for which there is data,” in both developed and developing countries.

Razavi pointed out that the report is “very forward looking” and argues that “three key elements are needed in order to monitor and accelerate change for women and girls; better data, much stronger accountability mechanisms, and transformative policies.”

Asked about the #MeeToo movement, Mlambo-Ngcuka said “with a movement like that, instantly there is a lot of data out there in front of everybody. Everyone can see how prevalent sexual harassment is. We can see that one executive can be a serial offender without any consequences and how long it takes women to come to terms with the situation and gain the courage to come forward.”

The report aims to provide a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of progress, gaps and key challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a gender perspective. It examines how far the global community has moved in turning the new development agenda into tangible progress for women and girls, and what is needed to bridge the remaining gaps between rhetoric and reality.