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United Nations Women’s report 2024
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- The World Survey on the Role of Women in Development report was released recently.
- It was focusing on the theme, “Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation”.
- The paper is submitted every five years to the Economic and Financial Committee of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Over 63 per cent of women globally still give birth without access to maternity benefits.
- The rate rising to a staggering 94 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Women aged 25-34 are 25 per cent more likely than men of the same age to live in households facing extreme poverty.
- Nearly 1,000 social protection measures introduced by governments across 171 countries.
- But only 18 per cent focused on women’s economic security.
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