Gender equality means that people of all genders have equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities across all areas of life, and their life outcomes do not depend on whether they were born male or female.
Achieving gender equality requires systemic policy reforms, economic investments, and daily actions that dismantle discrimination, close representation gaps, and redistribute unpaid labor
They are: 1. Reform Laws and Eliminate Violence
2. Close the Economic and Care Gaps
3. Build equal decision making power
4. Shift Cultural Norms in Daily Life
Facts about Gender Equality
Here are five key facts about gender equality worldwide, based on data from UN Women and global research:
1. Unpaid Care Work: Women perform roughly 2.5 times more unpaid care and domestic work than men.
2. The Global Pay Gap: Women continue to face a global pay gap of approximately 20% compared to men.
3. Political Representation: Men currently hold about 75% of all lawmaker and parliamentary roles globally.
4. Legal Rights: Women retain only about 64% of the legal rights that men have.
Education and Girls: Around 119 million girls remain out of school globally.