Gender biases not improved over past decade, says UN FMTNews FMTWorld
NEW YORK: Gender inequality has remained stagnant for a decade, according to research by the UN released on Monday, as cultural biases and pressures continue to hinder women’s empowerment and leave the world unlikely to meet the UN’s goal of gender parity by 2030.
In its latest report, the UN Development Programme tracked the issue through its Gender Social Norms Index, which uses data from the international research programme World Values Survey . The latest analysis showed that almost nine out of 10 men and women hold fundamental biases against women and that the share of people with at least one bias has barely changed over the decade. In 38 of the surveyed countries the share of people with at least one bias decreased to just 84.6% from 86.9%.
The survey also noted that nearly half of the world’s people think that men make better political leaders, while 43% think men are better business executives.
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