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The Gender Snapshot 2022
September 14 , 2022
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- The report entitled “Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): The Gender Snapshot 2022” was launched recently.
- It was authored by the United Nations (UN) Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
- By the end of 2022, around 383 million women and girls will live in extreme poverty compared to 368 million men and boys.
- It will take close to 300 years to achieve full gender equality at the current rate of progress.
- Progress must be 17 times faster than last decade’s progress of the last decade, to eradicate child marriage by 2030.
- In 2021, about 38% of female-headed households in war-affected areas experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, compared to 20% of male-headed households.
- Over 1.2 billion women and girls of reproductive age (15-49) live in countries and areas with some restrictions on access to safe abortion.
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