As women’s rights have advanced over the past decades, families around the world have become a place of love and solidarity but also one where fundamental human rights violations and gender inequalities persist, according to UN Women’s new global report.
“Laws, policies and social norms can create and reinforce fundamental gender inequalities in family relationships, which impacts on broader societies. With this report, UN Women calls on governments, civil society, and the private sector to recognise the rich diversity of families, and to work together to advance women’s rights and ensure that all families can flourish,” said Mohammad Naciri, UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific. “UN Women’s vision for families is of a home for equality and justice – a place where women can exercise choice and voice, and where women have physical safety and economic security.” Anchored in global data, innovative analysis and case studies, the report shows the diversity of families around the world and provides recommendations for developing laws and policies that will support today’s families and meet the needs of their members, especially women and girls, with analysis of what it would cost to implement them.
UN Women’s vision for families is as a home for equality and justice – a place where women can exercise choice and voice, and where women have physical safety and economic security.
But, laws, policies and social norms can create and reinforce fundamental gender inequalities in family relationships, which impacts on broader societies. With this Report, UN Women calls on governments, civil society and the private sector to recognize the rich diversity of families, and to work together to advance women’s rights and ensure that all families can flourish.”
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