We are far from gender equality globally, and still have some way to go in Canada
Last week, I discussed the need for a reduction in inequality within nations as the second of five “great turnarounds’” proposed in the Earth For All report.
This point was emphasized by Per Espen Stoknes, Earth For All project lead and director of the Centre for Sustainability at the Norwegian Business School. It is the main factor behind their prediction that the population would peak at 8.6 billion in 2050 before declining to 7 billion in 2100. The latest report on Goal 5 from UN Women, the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, was in 2022. It found “the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030.”
These benefits, decades of research has shown, include “faster poverty reduction, better maternal health, lower child mortality, greater HIV prevention and reduced violence against women.” Here in Canada, not only is gender equality a fundamental human right, the Government of Canada states that it is “a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.” As part of its commitment, in 2019, the government established a Ministry of Women and Gender Equality.
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