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UN / GENDER SNAPSHOT 2023
STORY: UN / GENDER SNAPSHOT 2023
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
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07 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA):
“The world is falling short of achieving gender equality, and this becomes an ever increasingly distant goal.”
4. Wide shot, press room dais
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA):
“We must make every moment count. We must deliver transformational results for women, girls, and the society at large. Gender equality has the power to multiply and accelerate the drivers of human progress, economic growth, and sustainable development.”
6. Wide shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA):
“Gender equality is not just a goal within the 2030 Agenda. It is the very foundation of a fair society and a goal upon which all other goals must stand. By breaking down the barriers that have hindered the full participation of women and girls in every aspect of society, we unleash the untapped potential that can drive progress and prosperity for all.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah E. Hendriks, Deputy Executive Director, Policy, Program, Civil Society, and Intergovernmental Support, UN Women:
“Not all hope is lost. We still have time to take decisive actions to accelerate gender equality and to achieve the SDGs.”
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah E. Hendriks, Deputy Executive Director, Policy, Program, Civil Society, and Intergovernmental Support, UN Women:
“The world has ample resources to invest in gender equality. The problem lies more with our priorities, with our intentionality of investing priorities, and is what needs to change.”
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Halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world is failing to achieve gender equality, making it an “increasingly distant goal,” according to a new UN report.
Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality.
This year's edition of the UN Women and UN DESA “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2023”, launched today (07 Sep), paints a worrisome picture halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Gender Snapshot 2023 warns that, if current trends continue, more than 340 million women and girls—an estimated 8 percent of the world’s female population—will live in extreme poverty by 2030, and close to one in four will experience moderate or severe food insecurity.
The gender gap in power and leadership positions remains entrenched.
At the current rate of progress, the next generation of women will still spend, on average, 2.3 more hours per day on unpaid care and domestic work than men.
Addressing journalists in New York about the report, the Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, said, “The world is falling short of achieving gender equality.”
The report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals, including prevailing trends and gaps to 2030.
Spatolisano said, “We must make every moment count. We must deliver transformational results for women, girls, and the society at large. Gender equality has the power to multiply and accelerate the drivers of human progress, economic growth, and sustainable development.”
Recent setbacks, particularly among women and girls living in fragile or conflict-affected countries and growing vulnerability brought on by human-induced climate change, are worsening the outlook of making gender equality a reality by 2030.
Fair progress has been made in areas such as girls’ education, maternal mortality, and in narrowing the gender gaps in food insecurity, but much more action is needed to deliver all 2030 Agenda promises to women and girls.
Failure to scale up and invest in gender equality will place the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in peril.
“Gender equality is not just a goal within the 2030 Agenda,” said Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, “It is the very foundation of a fair society and a goal upon which all other goals must stand. By breaking down the barriers that have hindered the full participation of women and girls in every aspect of society, we unleash the untapped potential that can drive progress and prosperity for all.”
The Gender Snapshot 2023 underscores the urgent need for concrete efforts to accelerate progress towards gender equality by 2030, revealing that an additional USD 360 billion per year is needed to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment across key global goals.
Sarah Hendriks, UN Women Deputy Executive Director, ad interim, said, “Not all hope is lost. We still have time to take decisive actions to accelerate gender equality and to achieve the SDGs.”
She continued, “The world has ample resources to invest in gender equality. The problem lies more with our priorities, with our intentionality of investing priorities, and is what needs to change.”
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