SIGI 2023 Global Report
Gender Equality in Times of Crisis
What are the root causes of gender inequality? Building on the fifth edition of the
Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI), the SIGI 2023 Global Report provides
a global outlook of discriminatory social institutions, the fundamental causes of
gender inequality. It reveals how formal and informal laws, social norms and practices
limit women’s and girls’ rights and opportunities in all aspects of their lives. Globally,
40% of them continue to live in countries where gender-based discrimination is assessed
as high or very high.
The report stresses how discriminatory social institutions curtail women’s and adolescents’
fundamental access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. It also sheds light
on the gendered impacts of climate change and underlines how women can play a pivotal
role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. To accelerate efforts aimed at achieving
SDG 5 and eliminating the underlying and structural factors that hamper women’s empowerment,
the report offers concrete policy actions. It calls for a gender-transformative approach
to leverage crises and challenges into windows of opportunity to establish women and
men as agents of change.
Published on July 18, 2023
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