In a recent article on @glblctzn, Sophie Patridge-Hicks highlights the status of women & girls globally 25 years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing – which led to the development of the Beijing Platform of Action (BPfA).

( https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/more-work-needed-for-gender-equality/)
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Since 1995, the world has become a better & safer place for women in the following ways:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1"> 25% more women in governance. Evidence has shown that this also contributes to more policies that benefit women, children & families in general.

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> More countries have laws & legislation that support gender equality & specifically address women’s & girls’ rights.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3"> 79 million more girls are in school today. Developing regions in the world have, or have almost, achieved gender parity in primary education.

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> Global maternal mortality rates fell by 38% between 2000 – 2017.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="5️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 5" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 5"> Globally, child marriage has declined from 1 in 4 to I in 5 girls.
However, despite these gains for women & girls, no country has achieved gender equality or even close.

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This ranges from COVID-19 causing major setbacks, not enough women in leadership, the rates of gender-based violence against women & girls, etc.

It brings to the question “Can we truly achieve gender equality by 2030?”

Share your thoughts in the comments.

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