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DATELINE: 07 SEPTEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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07 SEPTEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Anita Bhatia, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability, UN Women:
“It may take up to 286 years, almost three centuries for women to have the same legal rights and protections as men. Second, parity in the workforce will not be achieved for 140 years. Third, it is likely to take 40 years to achieve equal representation in Parliaments worldwide. And finally, if we want to eradicate child marriage by 2030, progress is going to have to be 17 times faster than it has been in the last decade.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Anita Bhatia, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability, UN Women:
“The report shows that there are several factors diminishing an already grim outlook for gender equality. We know already that the COVID 19 pandemic and its aftermath, conflict, and the backlash against women's sexual and “Over two years into the COVID 19 pandemic, while schools around the world have largely reopened, the impacts on girls’ education and learning remains, and nearly 130 million girls are out of school globally.”
reproductive health and rights, as well as the food, finance and fuel crisis worldwide is having tremendously negative impacts on women.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anita Bhatia, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability, UN Women:
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Achieving full gender equality, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could take close to 300 years if the current rate of progress continues, according to a report published on Wednesday by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
Talking to reporters in New York, Assistant Secretary-General Anita Bhatia said, “it may take up to 286 years, almost three centuries for women to have the same legal rights and protections as men.”
Bhatia said parity in the workforce “will not be achieved for 140 years,” while “it is likely to take 40 years to achieve equal representation in Parliaments worldwide.”
She said, “if we want to eradicate child marriage by 2030, progress is going to have to be 17 times faster than it has been in the last decade.”
The study reveals how gender disparities are worsening in the face of “cascading” global crises – such as the COVID-19 pandemic, violent conflict, and climate change – coupled with the backlash against women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights.
As a result, countries will not meet SDG5 by the 2030 deadline.
Bhatia said, “the report shows that there are several factors diminishing an already grim outlook for gender equality. We know already that the COVID 19 pandemic and its aftermath, conflict, and the backlash against women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as the food, finance and fuel crisis worldwide is having tremendously negative impacts on women.”
According to the report, women lost roughly $800 billion in income due to the pandemic globally. Despite a rebound, women’s participation in the job market is projected to decrease this year to 50.8 per cent, compared to 51.8 per cent in 2021.
Bhatia said, “over two years into the COVID 19 pandemic, while schools around the world have largely reopened, the impacts on girls’ education and learning remains, and nearly 130 million girls are out of school globally.”
Each additional year of schooling, the report notes, can increase a girl’s future earnings by up to 20 per cent, with further impacts on poverty reduction, better maternal health, lower child mortality, greater HIV prevention and reduced violence against women.
The Gender Snapshot 2022 report showcases how cooperation, partnerships and investments are essential to put the world back on track.
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