More than 340 million women and girls globally will still live in extreme poverty by 2030 if nothing is done to address discrimination and inequalities, the United Nations Women has warned.
It also warned that close to one in four women will experience moderate or severe food insecurity, urging all hands to be on deck in removing the pushbacks against women’s empowerment and fair treatment.
The above were contained in the opening remarks delivered by Executive Director, Sima Bahous, at the Generation Equality Midpoint moments, one of the high-level events at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Bahous in her speech, noted that the statistics were from the UN Women’s latest research, highlighting the challenges and urgent imperatives to accelerate progress towards gender equality.
