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References
- It will take 134 years for women to achieve full gender parity – until 2158.
Global Gender Gap Report 2024 (World Economic Forum, 2024). Based on current data from 146 countries.
- 1 in 10 women is living in extreme poverty (10.3%).
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023 (UN Women, 2023).
- Almost 1 in 3 women (736 million) have experienced violence in their lifetime from an intimate partner or non-partner.
Violence Against Women Prevalence Estimates, 2018 (World Health Organisation, 2021). Based on combined global prevalence estimates for physical and sexual intimate partner violence, and sexual violence more broadly. This provides a broader picture of the proportions and numbers of women subjected to violence during their lifetime, however this still does not represent the full extent of violence that women experience. Based on data from 2000–2018 of women aged 15 years or older.
- Less than 1 in 3 parliamentarians is a woman (27.2%).
Global and regional averages of women in national parliaments (Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), 2025)
- At local government level, women hold only 35.5% (over 3 million) of elected seats.
Women in Local Government (UN Women, 2023). Data is based on the number of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government in 141 countries, as of 1 January 2023.
- Globally, women do 3 times as much unpaid care and domestic work as men.
The World's Women 2020: Trends and Statistics (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2020)
- Women and girls constitute 80% of people displaced by climate change and are 14 times more likely to suffer health consequences or die during climate-related disasters.
Women and Girls: The Disproportionate Impact of Climate Change. (United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2025)
- Between 2019 and 2022 nearly 40% of countries – home to over 1 billion women and girls – stagnated or fell back on gender equality.
The 2024 SDG Gender Index (Equal Measures 2030, 2024)
- 70% of men are using the Internet, compared with 65% of women, resulting in a gap of 244 million more male users.
Facts and Figures 2023: The gender digital divide. (International Telecommunication Union, 2023)
