UN WomenMost recent report Women’s Rights in Review 30 years after Beijingpublished before the 50th International UN Women’s Day on March 8, shows that in 2024, Almost a quarter of governments worldwide reported a reaction to women’s rights.
Despite decades of advocacy, economic instability, climate crisis, growing conflicts and political reaction contributed to a worst scenario for gender equality.
A generation at risk
While 87 countries were led by a woman at some point in history, the true parity is still far away.
Surprisingly, the UN women report that A woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by a family member or intimate partner.
The digital space is also exacerbating gender disparities, argues the UN agency, with artificial intelligence and some social media platforms expanding harmful stereotypes. Meanwhile, women and girls remain sub-reported in digital fields and related to technology.
In the last decade, there has been a 50 % disturbing increase in the number of women and girls exposed directly to conflicts, and women’s rights advocates face daily harassment, personal attacks and even death, UN women said.
These discoveries underline that crises like COVID-19food foods and fuel prices and lowercase of democratic institutions are Not only decreasing progress – but actively reversing gains.
‘We must get firm’
“When women and girls can go up, we all thrive,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in your message for the day. Yet, “Instead of mainstreaming just like rights, we are seeing the mainstreaming of misogyny. ”
“Together, we must remain firm in making human rights, equality and empowerment a reality for all women and girls, for all, everywhere,” he emphasized.
UN Executive Director of Women Sima Bahous echoed this urgency: “Complex challenges prevent gender equality and women’s empowerment, but we remain firm.”
“Women and girls are demanding changes – and they deserve nothing less. ”
Beijing+30: The Gains
As the world marks the 30th anniversary of Beijing Declaration in 2025, the most visionary script to promote women’s rights, the UN’s last report shows the progress that should be recognized.
Since 1995, countries have promulgated 1,531 legal reforms that advance in gender equality, maternal mortality has fallen into a third party and the representation of women in parliaments more than doubled.
However, as the report makes clear, there is a significant job to achieve the 2030 Agenda. The newly produced Beijing+30 Action Agenda describes the priority areas to accelerate progress.
Equal access to On -Line technology and security should be guaranteed to all women and girls, as investments in social protection, medical care and universal education are considered essential for women’s economic independence.
Organizations led by women should receive dedicated financing to build lasting peace and women’s leadership in environmental policies should be prioritized, ensuring equal access to green jobs.
Meanwhile, countries should adopt and implement legislation to end violence against women and girls, in all their forms, with plans well that include support for community organizations in the front and prevention front lines.
Beijing’s birthday+30 years, along with the next UN Commission on Women’s Status (CSW69), presents a crucial opportunity to consecrate this action agenda in national policies, regional strategies and global agreements.
Transforming words into action
Because gender equality faces one of its most challenging periods in decades, UN Women is asking governments, companies and civil society to reinforce its commitments and retreat against the reaction.
This crucial year for women’s rights, “UN women are committed to ensuring that all women and girls everywhere can enjoy their rights and freedoms.”
