So, another year is done. How did 2017 shape up for women and girls around the globe? Here is a selection of news:
- Record-breaking Women's March on January 21, 2017
- Global #MeToo campaign
- Legal advances in the Middle East
- U.S. Women, Peace, and Security Act is enacted
- U.S. slashes funding for global women’s health
- Legal reform on child marriage
- Gains in women's political leadership
- Low participation in peace talks
- Global migration crisis grows
- Female fighters combat terrorism
- Almost four in ten businesses have no women in senior management positions in G7 countries
- The proportion of senior business roles held by women globally stands at only 24%
- There is an increase in the percentage of firms that have no places for women in senior management
- In G7 countries only 22% of companies have women as part of their senior staff
- 39% of companies have no women in senior roles whatsoever in G7 countries
- In Japan, with its powerhouse economy, only 7 percent of companies have women in senior roles
- Germany, another country with a strong economy, has only a 15% rate of countries with women in senior roles
- women's march
- U.S. cuts funding to UNFPA
- Canada announces international assistance policy
- Family Planning receives funding boost
- advancements in women's rights globally
- Global #metoo campaign
- widening of the Global Gender Gap
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