gender inequality

Promoting Gender Equality: Closing the Gap

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In 1979, the United Nations took a historic step by adopting the Convention on All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, signalling a commitment to monitoring and promoting women’s rights globally. However, despite the passage of decades, the journey towards gender equality remains ongoing. While significant strides have been made in many developed countries, statistics reveal […]

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What is the future of gender equality?

What Is The Future Of Gender Equality?

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“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights… everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Universal Declaration of Human Rights Defining Gender Equality Gender equality is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities, regardless of gender. This includes economic participation, decision-making, and the

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gender equality

Act yourself for yourself: Gender equality for better health

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What does gender equality mean for health and well-being? Gender is not only a biological notion, but rather the characteristics of gender behaviours, qualities, and responsibilities. It also defines the availability and accessibility of social and economic reserves, which includes healthcare resources and services, laws and policies, and the opportunity to make decisions. Accessibility to healthcare

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LGBTQI domestic violence: An invisible issue?

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Historically, domestic violence research and awareness has focused on heterosexual relationships. However, recent findings show that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI*) individuals experience domestic violence at equal or higher rates than their heterosexual counterparts.   A 2015 study on intimate partner violence (IPV) concluded that ‘there has been an invisibility of LGBTQI

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135.6 more years of gender inequality – A wake-up call?

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In this modern era, one would have thought that gender inequality is probably an outdated or resolved matter. However, transcending generations, gender inequality still represents a major contemporary issue. First and foremost, in order to understand what gender inequality is about, it is important to grasp the meaning of gender equality. The gender equality concept

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Unpaid care and domestic work: Barriers to equality

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Mention the typical household, and it’s the stereotype that comes to most people’s minds: Women in the kitchen, men at work. Progress for gender equality has come a long way from 100 years ago in many countries, but women are still doing much more unpaid and domestic work. Inequality and unpaid work: The statistics Unpaid

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