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Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making, and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations, and needs equally, also regardless of gender. [1]
New Zealand's cabinet has achieved gender equality for the first time in the country’s history, less than a week after its third female leader Jacinda Ardern bade an emotional farewell to politics.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. women's agency launched a campaign Monday to bring a young generation of women and men into the campaign for gender equality ahead of next year's 25th anniversary ...
On Women’s Equality Day (8/26), we commemorate the ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote, and we acknowledge the efforts of the ...
Even though SDG 5 is a stand-alone goal, other SDGs can only be achieved if SDG 5 is achieved, [15]: 4 i.e. the needs of women receive the same attention as the needs of men. The link between SDG 5 and the other SDGs has been extensively analysed by UN Women's report on gender equality in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. [22]
Cover of the 2008 report. The Global Gender Gap Report is an index designed to measure gender equality.It was first published in 2006 by the World Economic Forum. [1]It "assesses countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources and opportunities," the Report says. [2] "
In other words, the future of American gender equality looks bleak. In such a dystopian time, Kate Kelly’s Ordinary Equality serves as a beacon of hope and optimism. The volume introduces ...
HeForShe, often referred to as He for She, is a solidarity movement for the advancement of gender equality initiated by the United Nations.Grounded in the idea that gender inequality is an issue that affects all people, socially, economically and politically, HeForShe is a global effort that seeks to involve men and boys in achieving equality by taking action against negative gender ...