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    The UN report "The World's Women 2020" finds that less than 50% of working-age women globally participate in the labor market, a figure that has barely changed in 25 years, held back by the disproportionate amount of unpaid domestic work shouldered by women. The report analyzes gender equality in areas such as health, education, economic empowerment, and decision-making power. While women's participation in primary education is equal to men in most regions, they remain underrepresented in STEM fields and leadership positions globally. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to further erode limited gains in gender equality by negatively impacting women's jobs and livelihoods.

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    The UN report "The World's Women 2020" finds that less than 50% of working-age women globally participate in the labor market, a figure that has barely changed in 25 years, held back by the disproportionate amount of unpaid domestic work shouldered by women. The report analyzes gender equality in areas such as health, education, economic empowerment, and decision-making power. While women's participation in primary education is equal to men in most regions, they remain underrepresented in STEM fields and leadership positions globally. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to further erode limited gains in gender equality by negatively impacting women's jobs and livelihoods.

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    The UN report "The World's Women 2020" finds that less than 50% of working-age women globally participate in the labor market, a figure that has barely changed in 25 years, held back by the disproportionate amount of unpaid domestic work shouldered by women. The report analyzes gender equality in areas such as health, education, economic empowerment, and decision-making power. While women's participation in primary education is equal to men in most regions, they remain underrepresented in STEM fields and leadership positions globally. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to further erode limited gains in gender equality by negatively impacting women's jobs and livelihoods.

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    The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics

    Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely
    changed over the last quarter of a century, according to a new UN report launched today.
    Unpaid domestic and care work falls disproportionately on women, restraining their
    economic potential as the COVID-19 pandemic additionally affects women’s jobs and
    livelihoods, the report warns.

    The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics compiles 100 data stories that provide a
    snapshot of the state of gender equality worldwide. Presented on an interactive portal,
    the report analyses gender equality in six critical areas: population and families; health;
    education; economic empowerment and asset ownership; power and decision-making;
    and violence against women and the girl child as well as the impact of COVID-19.

    “Twenty-five years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
    progress towards equal power and equal rights for women remains elusive. No country
    has achieved gender equality, and the COVID-19 crisis threatens to erode the limited
    gains that have been made. The Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable
    Development Goals and efforts to recover better from the pandemic offer a chance to
    transform the lives of women and girls, today and tomorrow” said UN Secretary-General
    António Guterres.

    Unpaid domestic and care work holding women back

    While unpaid domestic and care work has intensified for both men and women during
    the COVID-19 pandemic, women continue to do the lion’s share. On an average day,
    women globally spend about three times as many hours on unpaid domestic and care
    work as men (4.2 hours compared to 1.7). In Northern Africa and Western Asia that
    gender gap is even higher, with women spending more than seven times as much as
    men on these activities.

    This lopsided distribution of unpaid domestic and care work prevents women from
    participating in the labour market. In 2020, only 47% of women of working age
    participated in the labour market, compared to 74% of men – a gender gap that has
    remained relatively constant since 1995. In Southern Asia, Northern Africa and Western
    Asia, the number is even lower, with less than 30% of women participating in the labour
    market. And the pandemic is expected to exacerbate these gender disparities, as many
    women work in the subsectors hardest hit by COVID-19 and lockdown measures,
    including in paid domestic work, accommodation and food services, and the retail trade.
    Women also make up over 70% of workers in the health sector, therefore facing higher
    infection risks than men in the workplace.

    No cracks in the glass ceiling


    In terms of power and decision making, women held only 28% of managerial positions
    globally in 2019 – almost the same proportion as in 1995. And only 18% of enterprises
    surveyed had a female Chief Executive Officer in 2020. Among Fortune 500 corporations
    only 7.4%, or 37 Chief Executive Officers, were women. In political life, while women’s
    representation in parliament has more than doubled globally, it has still not crossed the
    barrier of 25% of parliamentary seats in 2020. Women’s representation among cabinet
    ministers has quadrupled over the last 25 years, yet remains well below parity at 22%.

    Women’s participation in education on the rise worldwide

    The world has made substantial progress in achieving universal primary education, with
    girls and boys participating equally in primary education in most regions. While school
    closures related to COVID-19 are likely to set back progress on access to education,
    evidence shows that girls, once they have access to schooling, tend to do better than
    boys in terms of academic achievement. In tertiary education, women outnumber men,
    and enrolment is increasing faster for women than for men.

    However, women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology,


    engineering and mathematics, representing only slightly more than 35% of the world’s
    STEM graduates. Women are also a minority in scientific research and development,
    making up less than a third of the world’s researchers.

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