UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affair (UN DESA) released the Gender Snapshot 2025 report.

Key Global Findings

• Poverty: 351 million women and girls projected to remain in extreme poverty by 2030.
• Stalled Progress: Female poverty has remained around 10% since 2020.
• Conflict Exposure: 676 million women and girls lived within 50 km of deadly conflict in 2024 — highest since the 1990s.
• Food Insecurity: 64 million more women than men were food insecure in 2024.
• Health and Education
  • Maternal Mortality: 39% reduction since 2000.
  • Child Marriage: Decline from 22% (2014) to 18.6% (2024) of women married before 18.
  • Violence: 1 in 8 women aged 15–49 faced physical/sexual violence from an intimate partner in 2024.
• Representation and Work
  • Political Leadership: Women hold less than one-third of parliamentary seats worldwide; 102 countries have never had a woman head of state/government.
  • Managerial Roles: Gender parity in leadership could take nearly a century at current rates.
  • Unpaid Work: Women spend 2.5 times more hours on unpaid care and domestic work than men.

Digital Divide and Economic Impact

• Digital Exclusion: Internet use in 2024 — 70% men vs 65% women.
• Economic Potential: Closing the digital gap could benefit 343 million women by 2050, lift 30 million from poverty, and add $1.5 trillion to global GDP by 2030.

Emerging Threats

• Climate Change: Worst-case scenario could push 158 million more women into extreme poverty by 2050.
• Artificial Intelligence: Women’s jobs more vulnerable to AI disruption (27.6%) compared with men’s (21.1%).

Policy Recommendations and Action Agenda

• UN Call to Action: Accelerated interventions in education, care economy, green jobs, and social protection could reduce extreme poverty among women by 110 million by 2050.
• Economic Return: Estimated $342 trillion in cumulative gains if gender equality investments are prioritised.
• Beijing+30 Action Agenda: Ahead of the UNGA, six urgent priorities reaffirmed — eliminating violence, eradicating poverty, ensuring equal leadership, advancing climate justice, digital inclusion, and universal access to rights.
• Leadership Appeal: UN Women urged governments to commit decisive investments towards gender equality.

About Gender Snapshot Report

• Publication: Produced jointly by UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
• Purpose: It is considered the leading global source of data on gender equality and its linkages with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
• Coverage: Based on over 100 data sources, it monitors progress on gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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