Violence Is Still a Real Threat to Too Many Women & Girls UN Women
go to original October 4, 2022

Women hold crosses outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in a protest against femicide and violence against women in Mexico City. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)

The latest available Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 data show that the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030. COVID-19 and the backlash against women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights are further diminishing the outlook for gender equality. Violence against women remains high; global health, climate, and humanitarian crises have further increased risks of violence, especially for the most vulnerable women and girls; and women feel more unsafe than they did before the pandemic.

Women’s representation in positions of power and decision-making remains below parity. Only 47 per cent of data required to track progress on SDG 5 are currently available, rendering women and girls effectively invisible.



Nearly halfway to the 2030 endpoint for the SDGs, the time to act and invest in women and girls is now.

“Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2022” presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals, calling out the long road ahead to achieve gender equality. It emphasizes the interlinkages among the goals, the pivotal force gender equality plays in driving progress across the SDGs, and women and girls’ central role in leading the way forward.

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Related: Violence Against Women in Mexico Rises to Over 70%, Study Finds (Reuters)

Related: Why Gender Violence in Mexico Persists - And How to Stop It (Americas Quarterly)

Related: Mexico Must Take Urgent Measures to Eradicate Violence Against Women (IACHR)

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