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prejudice against women remain deeply entrenched in most of the world and have barely declined over the past decade, according to a study released today by the United
prejudice against women remain deeply entrenched in most of the world and have barely declined over the past decade, according to a study released today by the United Nations Development Program. (UNDP).
The report highlights that almost nine out of ten People still have some kind of prejudice against women, and even one of four considers the beating of his wife by a man justified.
In addition, half of the inhabitants of the planet believe that men are better. political leaders than women and 40% they consider themselves the best leaders in the business sector.
Meanwhile, even in places with higher levels of education, women continue to earn an average 39% less These are men.
All of these findings come from the new Gendered Social Norms Index, a report compiled by UNDP based on responses included in a larger study that is used to create seven indicators.
The data comes from 80 countries, representing 85% of the world’s population, and was collected between 2017 and 2022.
According to UNDP, the most recent research shows that progress has been very slow in recent years, despite important women’s rights movements such as Me too and others like it.
If we compare the data with data collected between 2010 and 2014, which can only be done with figures from 38 countries, there is also a clear stagnation.
For example, the percentage of people who have any prejudice against women has increased very slightly: from 86.9% then to 84.6% now.
However, this lack of progress hides some exceptions, such as in several countries where there has been a significant increase in the number of people who do not appear to have gender bias.
For example, in Germany the percentage of respondents with at least one bias has increased from 56% to 37% over the past decade, while in Japan increased from 72% to 59%, and in Uruguay dropped from 77% to 61%.
In other cases, however, failures were seen: in Russia increased from 87% to 91%. South Korea from 85% to 90% and in Chile 74% to 80% for example.
Meanwhile, in many others, the perception of women during this period did not change much, with minimal fluctuations in this indicator.
UNDP argues that governments play a key role in changing social norms and points out that, for example, parental leave rules have changed the perception of parental responsibility in many places. family care waves labor reforms their ideas about women and work have changed.
Meanwhile, the authors of the report argue that these persistent prejudices against women explain the recent development of movements against gender equality and in some countries an increase violations belonging human rights.
UNDP also emphasizes that without progress in the area of women’s rights, it is impossible for humanity to make real progress in development issues, just at a time when many indicators in this area are declining.
“Social norms that affect women’s rights also harm society as a whole by slowing down human development,” said Pedro Conceição, Director of UNDP’s Human Development Reporting Unit, in a statement.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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