The report named Women’s Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing was released by UN Women.
UN Women has also launched the Beijing+30 Action Agenda.
While 1,531 legal reforms have been enacted since 1995 to support the gender equality, women still hold only 64 per cent of the legal rights that men enjoy.
Although 88 per cent of countries have laws against the gender-based violence, enforcement remains inconsistent and financial support for critical services is inadequate.
Women are earning on average 20 per cent less than men.
Women now occupy 27 per cent of parliamentary seats globally, up from 11 per cent in 1995.