Almost every country in the world still has laws that discriminate against women, and promises to remedy this have not been kept
This failure to create genuine legal parity between men and women is having “a detrimental effect on women in many countries – sometimes to a devastating degree,”
No shit, sherlock. Next time somebody tries to tell you men and women are equal, that feminism isn’t relevant anymore, that all the battles have been won…point them to this UN report.
Some more statistics to chew over:
- at least 53 States still do not outlaw rape within marriage, and men frequently enjoy total impunity for physical as well as sexual violence against their wives
- while more women are working than ever before – 1.2 billion in 2007 – they are also more likely than men to get low-paid jobs without any social protection and basic rights
- access to labour markets and to decent jobs is crucial to enhancing gender equality, and most regions have a long way to go in realizing the untapped potential women offer for economic development
- It is estimated that one in four pregnant women currently receives no antenatal care, and that more than 40 per cent give birth without the assistance of a skilled attendant
More on this later
