Discriminatory laws, positions of responsibility, standard of living… At the current rate, it will take nearly 300 years to achieve gender equality, the UN regretted on Wednesday, considering that the multiple current crises “worsened” the disparities between the sexes.

"At the current rate of progress", "it will take up to 286 years for the gaps in legal protection and the removal of discriminatory laws to be filled", estimate the UN agency UN Women and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. of the United Nations (DESA).

It will also take “140 years for women to be represented on an equal footing in positions of power and leadership in the workplace, and at least 40 years for equal representation in national parliaments to be achieved. they declare.

Very far from the goal of achieving gender equality by 2030, as set out in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Nearly 383 million women and girls in extreme poverty

And “global challenges, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath, violent conflict, climate change, and negative attitudes about women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights further worsen gender disparities,” worry the two UN organizations in a press release.

By the end of the year, an estimated 383 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty on less than $1.90 a day, compared to 368 million men and boys, the statement said, noting a reversal worrying about poverty reduction.

With 44 million at the end of 2021, there are now more women and girls forcibly displaced than ever and more than 1.2 billion women and girls of childbearing age live in countries with restrictions on entry. abortion exist.

"Investing in women"

"It is essential that we come together now to invest in women and girls to resume and accelerate progress," said Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, in the statement.

“The data undeniably shows regressions in their lives, compounded by the global crisis – whether in income, security, education or health.

The longer we take to reverse this trend, the more the cost will increase for all of us,” she added.

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