In recent times, social actions comparable to #MeToo, Ni Una Menos, and Time’s Up have fought sexual harassment whereas vociferously urging gender equality. However a brand new UN report exhibits that prejudice in opposition to girls and ladies stays as deeply entrenched as a decade in the past.
Virtually 9 of 10 women and men worldwide are biased in opposition to girls, the UN Improvement Programme’s Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) reveals, based mostly on a survey of individuals in 80 nations and territories.
The persistent bias in opposition to girls is starkly mirrored in a few of the key revelations of the index, which accounts for 85 p.c of the worldwide inhabitants. Virtually half of respondents to the survey assume males are more practical political leaders than girls, whereas 43 p.c imagine males are higher enterprise executives. Shockingly, 25 p.c of individuals say it’s justified for a person to beat his spouse.
Rights teams say the survey highlights the continued difficulties girls face at house and within the office amid persistent inequality pushed by patriarchal attitudes and assumptions.
On this episode of The Stream, we’ll take inventory of the challenges girls are going through worldwide, and listen to about methods to sort out ingrained pernicious bias.
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