GENDER EQUALITY

Gender Equality

Women and men enjoy the same status and have equal opportunity to realize their full human rights and potential to contribute to national, political, economic, social and cultural development, and to benefit from the results. It is the equal valuing by society of both the similarities and the differences between women and men and the different roles they play

What does gender equality mean?

• Gender equality does not simply or necessarily meanequal numbers of men and women or boys and girlsin all activities, nor does it necessarily mean treatingmen and women or boys and girls exactly the same.It signifies an aspiration to work towards a society inwhich neither women nor men suffer from poverty inits many forms, and in which women and men areable to live equally fulfilling lives. It meansrecognising that men and women often have differentneeds and priorities, face different constraints, havedifferent aspirations and contribute to developmentin different ways.

What is Gender Equality?

• Gender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when the different behaviours, aspirations and needs of women and men are equally valued and favoured.

For UNESCO, gender equality refers to the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women and men and girls and boys. It implies that the interests, needs and priorities of both women and men are taken into consideration, recognizing the diversity of different groups of women and men.

Gender equality is a human rights principle, a precondition for sustainable, people-centered development, and it is a goal in and of itself.3 UNESCO’s vision of gender equality is in line with relevant international instruments such as the Convention on the Elim

GENDER EQUALITY: FACTS AND FIGURES

The gap between the number of men and women working across the globe has fallen only slightly over the last two decades.In 1995 labour market participation was at 80 per cent for men and 52 per cent for women. Now, that stands at 77 per cent for men and 50 per cent for women.That closed the gap by just one single percentage point in 20 years. A 25 per cent reduction in the gap between men and women in G20 countries by 2025 would add more than a 100m women to the global labour force.

A 14-week minimum maternity leave is offered by just over half the countries in the world.That is an increase from the 38 per cent of countries which offered that back in 1995, however 41 per cent of women - around 800m - still don’t have adequate maternity protection.  

Just under half of countries offer some form of paternity leave compared to 28 per cent in 1994

A 14-week minimum maternity leave is offered by just over half the countries in the world.That is an increase from the 38 per cent of countries which offered that back in 1995, however 41 per cent of women - around 800m - still don’t have adequate maternity protection. Just under half of countries offer some form of paternity leave compared to 28 per cent in 1994

For every tenner earned by a man, a woman makes £7.70.

At this rate, the gap in pay according to gender won't be eliminated until 2086 unless there's targeted action, the UN says.

Just five per cent of CEO's in the world are female, while 30 per cent of all businesses around the world are owned and managed by women.

In 2015, only half of the world’s working-age women are in the labor force, compared to 77 percent of working-age men.

Every year, an estimated 15 million girls under 18 are married worldwide, with little or no say in the matter

4 out of 5 victims of human trafficking are girls

Women with full-time jobs still earn only about 77 percent of their male counterparts’ earnings.

African-American women earn 64 cents and Latina women earn 56 cents for every dollar earned by a Caucasian man.

62 million girls are denied an education all over the world

According to the UN Foundation, "At least 250,000 maternal deaths and as many as 1.7 million newborn deaths would be averted if the need for both family planning and maternal and newborn health services were met."

On average, 30 percent of women who have been in a relationship report that they have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence by their partner

Female genital mutilation (FGM) affects more than 125 million girls and women alive today.

One in three women worldwide have experienced either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime

Women around the world aged 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria.

Around the world, only 22 percent of all national parliamentarians are female. That's double the number in 1995, but still a marker of slow change.

More than 43 million people around the world are forcibly displaced as a result of conflict and persecution. Half of all refugees are women.

American women serving in Iraq or Afghanistan are more likely to be raped by a comrade then killed by an enemy.

In Saudi Arabia, women aren't allowed to drive and are discouraged from working jobs that would put them in contact with men.

At least 1000 honor killings occur in India and Pakistan each annually. Honor based crimes are distinguished by the fact that they are often carried out by a victim's family or community.

How Do We Measure Gender Equality?Gender equality is measured by looking at the representation of men and of women in a range of roles. A number of international comparative gender equality indices have been prepared and these offer a way to compare Ireland’s achievements with those of other countries. Each index looks at a distinct list of parameters and the choice of parameters affects the outcome for each country.

United Nations Gender Inequality IndexThe United Nations Gender Inequality Index is based on the premise that "all too often, women and girls are discriminated against in health, education and the labour market with negative repercussions for their freedom". The UN GII is a measure of inequalities based on these inequalities.

Social Watch Gender Equity IndexSocial Watch is a network comprised by national coalitions of civil society organizations and it too prepares a gender equality index, based on the gap between women and men in education, the economy and political empowerment.

World Economic Forum Global Gender Pay Gap IndexThe Global Gender Gap Index, introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, is another framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities which benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. This Index looks at economic participation and opportunity deviation; educational attainment deviation; health and survival deviation and political empowerment deviation.

Philippine Status under UN Human Development Index 2015

Rank :115Status: Medium

Human Development

Gender Development Index Rank:89

GDI Value: 0.4202013 MATERNITY Mortality (deaths per 100,000 love

births):120

2010/2015 Adolescent birth rate (births per

1,000 women aged 1-19) : 46.8

Share of in parliament (% held

by women : 27.1

Population with at least some secondary education aged 25

years and overed : Female-65 .9 ;Males

63. 7

Labor Force Participation Rate aged 15 and older : Female -51,1;

Males-79.1

Beijing +20: Re-thinking women's empowerment and gender equality in 2015 and beyondIn 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) was adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women, and subsequently endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996. The Beijing Platform for Action, to which 189 countries committed themselves, constitutes a global framework for realizing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.