"A woman's chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth is more than a third lower than it was 25 years ago, UN Women said in its annual report, while girls are more likely to complete school than ever before. It also found that rates of intimate partner violence were 2.5 times lower in countries that had introduced comprehensive measures on violence."
"The proportion of women and girls living in extreme poverty has hovered at 10% since 2020, the report found, and on current trends more than 351 million will remain in that status by 2030. Hendriks contrasted $2.7tn (2tn) of military spending annually with calculations in the report that it would cost $420bn a year to advance gender equality. That's a drop in the bucket, she said."
Maternal mortality has fallen by more than one-third in 25 years, and girls complete school at higher rates than ever before. Countries with comprehensive measures have intimate partner violence rates 2.5 times lower. In 2024, 676 million women and girls lived within 50km of a deadly conflict event, the highest number since the 1990s. Women face greater food insecurity than men. Under a worst-case climate scenario by 2050, up to 158.3 million more women and girls may live in extreme poverty, nearly half in sub-Saharan Africa. The share of women and girls in extreme poverty has remained near 10% since 2020, with over 351 million projected to remain in extreme poverty by 2030. Annual military spending of $2.7tn far exceeds the estimated $420bn needed yearly to advance gender equality. A digital gender divide persists, with 70% of men using the internet versus 65% of women.
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