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Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
In many parts of the world, women are not valued as equal members of society and their rights are often disregarded. Creating gender equality means creating the same opportunities for women as men to better their own lives and their families' lives. It is believed that none of the other development goals can be reached without an extreme improvement to gender equality.
Target
- Equal ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary, and higher education
- Higher share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector
- Increase number of seats held by women in national parliament
Statistics and Success
As shown in the chart on the right, the number of women who hold seats in national parliament is gradually increasing. From 1995 to the end of January 2012, the number of women in parliamentary positions increased by 75% (source). An equal ratio of girls to boys are enrolled in primary education worldwide (source). Girls from the poorest households face the highest barriers to education (source). |
Proportion of seats held by women in single or lower houses of national parliaments, 2000 and 2012 (Percentage) source
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Get Involved
Her Challenge, Your Challenge
- Sign a petition
- Donate to an organization
- Tweet about the cause
- Volunteer in the community and/or with organizations
- Like a campaign on facebook
- Find out more information on cause
- Obtain a job in global development
- Get involved with campaigns ie. GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform)
Her Challenge, Your Challenge
Quotes
“We've begun to raise our daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters." ― Gloria Steinem "How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” ― Maya Angelou “A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human.” ―Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration “Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.” ― Kofi Annan |
One Woman: A Song for UN Women This song was written for the International Women's Day that is meant to inspire listeners to join in the efforts to achieve gender equality.All proceeds from the purchase of the song "One Woman" go towards UN Women and will support the work they are doing to help empower women all over the world. Please visit UN Women to learn more about the song and how to get involved and help UN Women. |
In the Media
This page was developed by Danielle St. Jean, Lexi Mollica, Nicole Harris, and Andrew Ashwood.