The report entitled “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): The Gender Snapshot 2022” was launched recently.
It was authored by the United Nations (UN) Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
By the end of 2022, around 383 million women and girls will live in extreme poverty 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.
Progress must be 17 times faster than last decade’s progress of the last decade, to eradicate child marriage by 2030.
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.
Over 1.2 billion women and girls of reproductive age (15-49) live in countries and areas with some restrictions on access to safe abortion.