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UN Report Projects 171 Years to Achieve Global Gender Equality
A newly released United Nations report, the Gender Snapshot 2026, reveals that achieving global gender equality is woefully off track. At the current rate of progress, it would take 171 years to reach full equality, a timeline exacerbated by the defunding and demobilization of institutions established to advance these gains.
The assessment highlights that not a single indicator under Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is on course to be met by the 2030 deadline. The goals encompass ending discrimination, gender-based violence, and harmful practices such as forced marriage and female genital mutilation, while also ensuring women's full participation in leadership and securing their economic and property rights
Key Facts & Highlights
- Gender equality would take 171 years to achieve at the current rate of progress
- Zero indicators for SDG 5 are on track to meet the 2030 deadline
- Institutions built to advance gender gains are currently being defunded and demobilised
- Targets include ending discrimination, gender-based violence, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation
- Goals also require ensuring women's full participation in leadership and securing economic and property rights
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Sep 17, 2026 06:30 UTC
Gender equality woefully off track, new UN report reveals
At the current rate of progress, gender equality would take 171 years to achieve, a new UN report finds as institutions built to advance gains are being defunded and demobilised
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