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"Bias against women is as entrenched as it was a decade ago and gender equality
progress has gone into reverse, according to a UN report.
Nine out of 10 people of all genders have a bias against women, found the
Gender Social Norms Index, a figure unchanged from data collected more than a
decade ago.
Published by the UN development programme on Monday, it found that half of
people in 80 countries believe men make better political leaders, 40% believe
men are better business executives and a quarter believe it is justified for
men to beat their wives.
These figures, from data collected between 2017 and 2022, were largely
unchanged from the previous GSNI report, published in 2020, which used data
from 2005 to 2014.
“My expectation was that we would see some progress, because nine out of every
10, I mean, how can it get any worse?” said Pedro Conceição, head of UNDP’s
human development report office. “And it was also a period in which we saw, for
example, the #MeToo movement and a lot of visibility to the very shocking ways
in which these bias norms affect women.
“Unfortunately, doing this exercise has been an experience of shock after
shock. The first time that we released it, I was shocked with the magnitude [of
biases], and this time around I was shocked with the lack of progress.”
The biases result in barriers for women in politics, business and work, as well
as the stripping away of their rights and human rights violations, said the
researchers. Despite women being more educated and skilled than ever before,
there was a 39% salary gap with men, they added."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
