Report name

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2022

Who wrote this report?

This report was authored by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Best quote

"At the current rate of progress, it will take up to 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discriminatory laws, 140 years for women to be represented equally in positions of power and leadership in the workplace, and at least 40 years to achieve equal representation in national parliaments."

**Key takeaways: **

  • Based on available data, 28 per cent of the SDG 5 indicators and sub indicators are very far or far from target; about one in three are at moderate distance from target, a quarter are close to target and only 12 per cent are at target met or almost met.
  • To eradicate child marriage by 2030, progress must be 17 times faster than progress of the last decade, with girls from the poorest rural households and in conflict-affected areas expected to suffer the most.
  • The limited data available to monitor SDG 5 targets calls for increased investments in the collection and analysis of gender data. An analysis of SDG 5 data availability in the world's 193 UN member States confirms that only 47% of the required data to monitor SDG 5 is available.

What’s in this report?

This report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals, calling out the long road ahead to achieve gender equality. It emphasizes the interlinkages among the goals, the pivotal force gender equality plays in driving progress across the SDGs, and women and girls’ central role in leading the way forward.

Why should you read this report?

The annual gender snapshot report is the only UN report that consolidates global progress across all 17 SDGs from a gender perspective. It shares essential information on global progress to gender equality as defined by the SDGs, including the SDG 5 tracker, which provides global and regional-level data for each indicator under SDG 5, visualizing the areas in which we are advancing and those that are stagnant, falling short or moving in the wrong direction.

Who is this report for?

The report is accessible for all readers – from those with little gender knowledge to experts in the field. Policymakers, advocates, researchers, students and the general public will find the research and data presented relevant, useful and digestible.

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