Global Scans · Gender Equality · Weekly Summary

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In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls.

• In the United States, over a half-million girls and women are affected by, or at risk for, FGM/C and it is important that FGM/C is recognized as a prevalent form of gender based violence worldwide. Milken Institute School of Public Health
• Portugal signed a 2023-2027 strategic cooperation program with Angola worth €500 million, in which the promotion of human rights, good governance, gender equality, and women empowerment are priorities. Carnegie Europe
• To put an end to gender violence in Colombia, it will be crucial to implement a comprehensive approach that addresses education in human rights, respect, and gender equality from an early age. Project HOPE
• Norwegian Church Aid has been working in Malawi since 2002 and NCA Malawi Strategic Priorities for the period 2020-2024 are Gender Based Violence, Climate Smart Economic Empowerment and Fighting Inequality and Economic Justice. 2023/2024 Mabumbe
• There is a consistent minority of between one-fifth and one-third who hold the opposite view - in stark contrast to young women, who are by far the most likely across age and gender groups to believe it is harder to be a woman in the UK and will remain so in 20 years' time. The Independent
• The Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Project works with the Panzi Hospital and Foundation in South Kivu and Heal Africa in North Kivu to help prevent Gender Based Violence, and will reach 795,000 direct beneficiaries over the course of four years. World Bank
• The gender lens should become part of government policies for women to drive the engine of growth as India aims to become the third-largest economy by 2027-28. Moneycontrol
• Parents who refuse to allow their children to change gender would face up to seven years in jail under SNP plans to ban conversion therapy. The Telegraph
• Staggering statistics point to over 120 million girls worldwide being out of school due to factors such as poverty, conflict, forced marriages, and gender discrimination, with a further 20 million at risk of not returning to education after the Covid pandemic. Lady Margaret Hall
• Exactly 23 years after the Millennium Development Goals and its sibling, Sustainable Development Goals were announced, UN's aim of ending global poverty, hunger and gender inequality by 2030 still has a long way to go without culture. Guardian Nigeria
• Despite making nominal gains in improving workforce diversity in recent years, based on current rates, the UK tech industry could take 283 years to reach an equal gender ratio. IT Pro
• With less than seven years left to meet 2030 targets like ending hunger, achieving gender equality, and accelerating climate action, the gap in financing for the UN Sustainable Development Goals has widened to roughly $4 trillion a year. ImpactAlpha
• One of the key challenges in achieving gender equality by 2030 is an alarming lack of financing with a staggering USD 360 billion annual deficit in spending on gender-equality measures. UN Women - Headquarters
• The EIB will help tackling the Syrian displacement crisis, supporting climate action, refugee education, economic inclusion, social protection and integration, and enhancing gender equality, while protecting refugees and migrants from gender-based violence. EuropaWire.eu
• Gender inequality in Ukraine has meant that protection threats are experienced differently by girls, boys, women and men. ReliefWeb
• Envision an India where B-Schools are genuinely diverse and inclusive - where women, men and all genders have equal representation and opportunities. FinancialExpress
• Gender equality will now be the fourth pillar of CGI's activities, along with fighting climate change, economic inclusion and public health issues. AP News
• The Circulate Capital Ocean Fund is the first circular economy fund to qualify for the 2 X Challenge; its gender-lens goals include creating opportunities for women in waste management and recycling. ImpactAlpha
• With balance between genders and the Global North and South, the Commission members will maintain a constant focus on equity in developing prevention strategies. allAfrica.com
• Deloitte has a Women's Initiative that focuses on advancing women in leadership roles and advocates for inclusion on all fronts in the hopes of closing the gender gap. Psychology Today
• The physical risks are likely heightened by the mental stress that many LGBTQ + people encounter due to discrimination that is often more prevalent in rural America, especially among states with policies limiting access to gender affirming care. Medical Xpress
• With the European gender equality strategy for 2020-2025, the Commission will enhance gender mainstreaming by systematically including a gender perspective in all stages of policy design in all EU policy areas, internal and external. European Institute for Gender Equality

Last updated: 11 February 2024