“While women and girls around the world have come a long way since Beijing, we also know that we still have a very long way to go.”
in low- and middle-income countries have abortions in unsafe conditions each year. Meanwhile, women continue to do three times the amount of unpaid care work compared to men. The gender gap in labor force participation has not shifted in 30 years. And
indicates that at this rate it will take us over a century — 136.6 years to be exact — before women achieve pay equity or leadership equity with men. While these statistics are already grim, COVID-19 has exacerbated global inequality further. It is estimated thatwill fall into extreme poverty due to COVID. And it is despicable that lawmakers around the world have capitalized on lockdowns to weaken women’s rights — especially since the crisis proved devastating to women’s role in the economy, to their sexual and reproductive health and rights , and to gender-based violence rates. In the U.S.
But the hard work starts now. To make sure that pledges at global events actually transform women’s and girls’ lives around the world, we need to look beyond the event to what the next decade may look like.Intersectionality. We cannot condense the experiences of Black women, Indigenous women, and other women of color into slogans such as “Women’s rights are human rights.” We have to recognize how misogyny, patriarchy, and white supremacy come together to impact the lives of women and girls. Our efforts must acknowledge the multiple intersecting forms of discrimination that BIPOC women face.
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