Giving Compass' Take:
- Leah Rodriguez highlights sections of The Social Institutions and Gender Index database that reveal the need for additional work in advancing women's rights around the world.
- How can funders elevate information about women's rights like this report? How can donors make an impact for women and girls around the world?
- Read a gender equality giving guide for donors.
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The world still has a long way to go before reaching gender equality, according to new research.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published The Social Institutions and Gender Index (Sigi) database, showing child marriage isn’t declining fast enough and many countries still prioritize men over women, the Guardian reports.
Sigi compares the state of discriminatory laws and culture across 180 countries to study women’s familial, physical, economic, and civil rights. Middle Eastern and North African countries displayed the highest levels of discrimination. Yemen, Cameroon, and the Philippines ranked the worst on the list.
Although gender inequality is worse in certain parts of the world, Rachel George, a senior research officer in the gender equality and social inclusion team at the Overseas Development Institute, wanted to emphasize that the threats against women’s rights are widespread.
“We can’t let the west — the US, the UK, Europe, or even the Scandinavian countries that seem to always get all the fanfare for gender equality — think this doesn’t apply to them. Every country has some discrimination going on in some way, and some discrimination which may be pervasive, so keeping everyone on the hook is extremely important,” she toldthe Guardian.
Read the full article about advancing women's rights globally by Leah Rodriguez at Global Citizen.