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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2025
This edition spotlights the latest evidence on gender equality. In just over a decade, the Sustainable Development Goals have generated significant changes for women and girls. They have spurred new laws upholding women’s rights and led to measurable increases in women’s education and well-being. Yet progress remains f
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2019
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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2020
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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023
This report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, focusing not only on the current level of progress, but also on the likelihood of achieving gender equality across the Goals at the current trajectory. Among this year’s recommendations is a call to significantly ex
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2021
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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2024
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