Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative’s Post

1 in every 8 women and girls aged 15-49 was subjected to sexual and/or physical violence by an intimate partner in the previous year. There are 47.8 million more moderately or severely food insecure women than men. In 2020, women accounted for 64% of detected victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, and girls for another 27%. These stark statistics shed light on the ongoing challenges to achieve gender equality globally. Learn more from the UN Women's latest flagship report: Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, The Gender Snapshot 2024. #GenderEquality #UNWomen https://lnkd.in/erWGCmZR

To achieve gender equity, economic growth, social development, and more, we need to address the fact that women often have unequal access to land rights: https://lnkd.in/gmFDkxfd #Equity #EconomicDevelopment #SocialDevelopment #LandRights

International women’s day 2024! I just read a report by ipsos that 47% of Britons think women’s rights have gone too far 😮🤯 AND YET: In 2023 the gender economic parity score in the U.K. decreased. The WEF predicts that at the current rate it will take 169 years to close the global economic participation and opportunity gender gap. Women spend approximately twice as long as men on domestic chores despite often working as many hours. In general women have pensions worth 25-30% less than men. Legally women on average enjoy just 64% of the legal protections that men do. In the US women’s reproductive rights are being eroded. And on and on… That doesn’t feel like too far to me? #internationalwomensday2024 #investinwomen #inspireinclusion #iwd2024 #womensrights

Democracy without the participation of half the population is not democracy! Women's participation in political life contributes to gender equality and affects both the range of policy issues discussed and the types of solutions offered. The World Bank has found nearly 950 examples of laws that prevent the full integration of women into the economy. The importance of this situation for women's political equality is that access to finance and control over financial decisions has been identified as one of the greatest challenges to women entering politics. It has been proven that states with a larger gender gap in governance were riddled with corruption, disease, violence, and higher mortality rates. In contrast, states where more women were included enjoyed higher trust in government, lower infant mortality rates, and a greater focus on social welfare. Inspiring inclusion is our collective responsibility! Cheers to gaining more knowledge to do more! #inspiringinclusion #innovation #management #genderinclusion #governance #politics #futurism #learning

#CSW68: Ministerial Round Table Mobilizing financing for gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls: Policies and strategies to end women’s and girls’ poverty - Assistant-Secretary-General Brands Kehris statement on policies and strategies to end women’s and girls’ poverty Sharing today Ms, Ilza Brands Kehris’ call at the 68th Commission on the Status of Women for a complete “paradigm shift” in our economic model. Her insights underscored the importance of moving beyond merely integrating women into existing unequal economic systems and towards a human rights economy. From financial institutions to global debt and tax architectures, reforms should always carry with them a gender perspective while ensuring that women from diverse backgrounds are allowed to express their specific concerns in participatory processes. Please find the whole statement here: https://lnkd.in/e5MR7C6w #UN #OHCHR  #HumanRights #HumanRightsEconomy #EndPoverty

Diane Elson is a renowned feminist economist known for her work on gender inequality and economic development. She has significantly contributed to understanding the contributions of unpaid care work, such as caring for children and elderly, which disproportionately falls on women. By shining a light on this invisible labour, she has advocated for policies that recognise and support caregivers, ultimately aiming to create more equitable and sustainable economic systems. Her work has driven global conversations on women's economic empowerment and social justice, influencing organisations like the United Nations to incorporate gender perspectives into their economic policies ♀️♂️💼 #RethinkingEconomjcs #FeministEconomics #UCL #UCLEconomics #DianeElson #GenderEquality #EconomicJustice

This year's theme for International Women's Day is Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress. Women’s economic empowerment and inclusion are central to gender equality. Women encounter significant obstacles to equal economic participation despite substantial progress. Our Financial Abuse Service NSW provides critical support to women experiencing economic abuse. Economic abuse often occurs alongside other forms of domestic and family violence, but it is still not well recognised or understood, including by the people experiencing it. There is limited legal recognition of economic abuse. RLC urges legislators to consider expanding the list of family violence (FV) behaviours contained in the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) to capture a more extensive range of tactics that constitute financial abuse. This International Women’s Day, we are raising awareness of financial and economic abuse so women can achieve full economic empowerment. See more of our recent research here:  https://lnkd.in/gUMd8vZn.  

Gender inequality is pervasive, particularly in El Salvador, where only 45.4 percent of women participate in the labor market, in contrast to 74.4 percent of men. In the first #impact #evaluation completed through the World Food Programme cash-based transfers and gender window, we (Florence Kondylis, Felipe A. Dunsch, Erin Kelley, Tanay Balantrapu, Dahyeon Jeong, et. al.) find that offering women the opportunity to engage in paid work outside the house through food-assistance for assets (FFA) has a significant positive impact on women's economic #empowerment. In a 3-arm trial, we compare (1) FFA for women to (2) unconditional cash transfers to the head of household; and (3) a control group, and here is what we find: Three impacts when comparing FFA-for-women to UCT: i. women’s agency over consumption (0.131**(0.060));  ii. men’s attitudes towards women’s agency over time use (0.139* (0.070)); iii. men’s perception of norms related to women’s agency over time use (0.171** (0.074)). Three impacts when comparing FFA-for-women to the control (comparison group): i. women’s attitudes towards time use (0.118* (0.070)); ii. women’s perception of norms related to time use (0.161*** (0.059)); iii. subjective well-being (0.120* (0.067)). For full results see the final report here: https://lnkd.in/dRbkRV7r

On the eve of the 68th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations in 2024, there are still billions of women living without full legal equality. The focus of CSW this year is on achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls through addressing poverty; this is timely and desperately needed given the current global economic and political climate. And it’s not just women who will benefit from greater legal equality. Full legal equality would maximize economic participation by women, adding up to $28 trillion of wealth into the worldwide economy every year. By unlocking every woman’s full potential, ending legal discrimination leaves communities everywhere free to break the cycle of poverty, boosting global productivity and stimulating economic prosperity across all nations. Equality Now’s updated brief Words & Deeds: Sex Discrimination in Economic Status Laws, released today, delves into how sex discrimination in economic status laws restricts women from being economically independent by limiting access to inheritance and property ownership as well as to employment opportunities, thereby reinforcing gender stereotypes and roles. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gbhfKmrS #WomenBusinessLaw #UnlockWomensPotential #UnlockTheWorld #IWD #IWD2024 #CSW #CSW68 #LegalEquality

📣 Exciting Opportunity! 🌟✊ 🔍 Purpose: The UN Working Group on discrimination against Women and Girls (WGDAWG) will meet with a broad range of national stakeholders involved in all aspects of work and action related to the elimination of discrimination against women and girls, including Government officials, representatives of public authorities and independent institutions, members of the legislative and judicial powers, civil society organizations, academics, and women and girls themselves. 🌟 Background: The UN WGDAWG will conduct a country visit to the Dominican Republic to understand issues related to discrimination against women and girls and gender equality. 🔎 Objectives: At the end of the visit, the WGDAWG will present an end-of-mission statement and a press release containing preliminary findings and recommendations for State and non-State actors to implement. The full mission report will be presented at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2025. 💬 Key Questions & Input Sought: Civil society actors and stakeholders are encouraged to submit inputs on various topics including legal framework, social attitudes, economic empowerment, access to education and healthcare, disparities, and specific challenges faced by vulnerable groups of women and girls. 📅 Next Steps: Send your inputs by email to hrc-wg-discriminationwomen@un.org by 15 June 2024. 🔗 More details and submission guidelines: https://lnkd.in/ezfEkKj9 Let's work together towards a more inclusive and equitable society! #WomenEmpowerment #GenderEquality #HumanRights #OHCHR #UN #HumanRightsEconomy