Gender gap persists on road to the SDGs: UN Women

(United Nations News) The world is falling worryingly short in terms of closing the gender gap as part of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) warned UN Women on Thursday.

The new Gender Snapshot report from the UN’s gender equality agency at this midway point towards the SDGs warns that if current trends continue, over 340 million women and girls will be living in poverty by 2030.

That represents eight per cent of the female population worldwide.

Close to one in four will experience moderate or severe food insecurity and at the current rate of progress, the next generation of women will still be spending 2.3 more hours per day on unpaid care and domestic work than men.

UN Women’s report also notes that the gender gap in power and leadership positions “remains entrenched”.

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Source: CARICOM TODAY