![]() ![]() ![]() became one of just four countries to roll back abortion rights in the past 25 years. In fact, in countries as diverse as Afghanistan and the U.S., girls and women now have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers did. Maggie Roache, Coordinator: Strange indeed. Autocrats and anti-democratic forces were among our antagonists, attacking women’s rights as a political strategy, attracting some strange bedfellows in this unfortunate endeavor. It feels like progress stalled and struggled again in 2022. Sia: 2022 definitely served up a mixed bag on gender equality. ![]() The Worst: Widespread Violence Against Women and the Rolling Back of Rights I chatted with my Girls & Women Strategy colleagues about the state of gender equality in 2022 – the good, the bad, and more. And while the COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on the gendered dimensions of inequality, that once-bright light has faded, and we are left with the ongoing causes and consequences of gender injustice. In fact, girls and women still have only three-quarters of the legal rights of boys and men. The lows came with the rollback of girls’ and women’s rights worldwide through aggressive attacks and passive enforcement. In the U.S., Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court while women were elected in record numbers to state legislatures, Congress, and governorships across the country. An increasing number of governments adopted feminist foreign policies. In 2022, the exhilarating highs for gender equality included a flourishing of solidarity from Mexico to Ukraine to Iran. From the high of seeing feminist solidarity in action to the low of watching fundamental rights stripped away, our Girls & Women Strategy team reflects on the state of gender equality in 2022 and what’s giving them hope in 2023. This year was yet another roller coaster for gender equality activists and advocates across the globe. ![]()
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