By; MATTHEW UKACHUNWA, Lagos
A study carried out by UN Women has shown that one in five women under the age of 50 experienced physical/or sexual violence by an intimate partner in the past 12 months.
This figure was uncovered in the UN Women flagship report titled, “Turning Promises Into Action: Gender Equality In The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” which was launched recently in New York, USA.
A news release made available to New Nigerian by UN Women Nigeria Office stated that Nigeria was given prominence in the report. “Some Nigeria-focused information in the report uncovers the yawning gap between women and girls who, even within the same country, are living in worlds apart because of their income status, race/ethnicity or where they live.
“In Nigeria, a low-income rural woman of Hausa ethnicity is eight times as likely to be married before the age of 18 as a high income, urban woman of Yoruba ethnicity,” UN Women Nigeria wrote in the news statement.
The re[ort pointed out that in 89 countries with available data, women and girls account for 330 million of the poor. “This,” according to the report,” translates to four more women living on less than USD1.90 a day for every 100 men. The gender gap is particularly wide during the reproductive years.”
In the report, it was shown that more than 50 per cent of urban women and girls in developing countries live in conditions where they lack at least one of the following: access to clean water, improved sanitation facilities, durable housing and sufficient living area.
“Eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls is a pre-condition for peaceful societies,” authors of the report stressed.
They elaborated on their opinion, saying that poor rural women depend on common pool resources and are especially affected by the depletion of hectares of forest areas.
UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mambo-Ngcuka, while presenting the report said: “As a world we committed through the SDGs to leave no one behind.” She emphasized that the report’s analysis underlines her claim.
Mambo-Ngcuka warned that unless progress in gender equality is significantly accelerated, the global community will not be able to keep its promise. “This is an urgent signal for action, and the report recommends the directions to follow,” the women leader asserted.
A study carried out by UN Women has shown that one in five women under the age of 50 experienced physical/or sexual violence by an intimate partner in the past 12 months.
This figure was uncovered in the UN Women flagship report titled, “Turning Promises Into Action: Gender Equality In The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” which was launched recently in New York, USA.
A news release made available to New Nigerian by UN Women Nigeria Office stated that Nigeria was given prominence in the report. “Some Nigeria-focused information in the report uncovers the yawning gap between women and girls who, even within the same country, are living in worlds apart because of their income status, race/ethnicity or where they live.
“In Nigeria, a low-income rural woman of Hausa ethnicity is eight times as likely to be married before the age of 18 as a high income, urban woman of Yoruba ethnicity,” UN Women Nigeria wrote in the news statement.
The re[ort pointed out that in 89 countries with available data, women and girls account for 330 million of the poor. “This,” according to the report,” translates to four more women living on less than USD1.90 a day for every 100 men. The gender gap is particularly wide during the reproductive years.”
In the report, it was shown that more than 50 per cent of urban women and girls in developing countries live in conditions where they lack at least one of the following: access to clean water, improved sanitation facilities, durable housing and sufficient living area.
“Eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls is a pre-condition for peaceful societies,” authors of the report stressed.
They elaborated on their opinion, saying that poor rural women depend on common pool resources and are especially affected by the depletion of hectares of forest areas.
UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mambo-Ngcuka, while presenting the report said: “As a world we committed through the SDGs to leave no one behind.” She emphasized that the report’s analysis underlines her claim.
Mambo-Ngcuka warned that unless progress in gender equality is significantly accelerated, the global community will not be able to keep its promise. “This is an urgent signal for action, and the report recommends the directions to follow,” the women leader asserted.
