Dear Gender community, here is this week's press review:
Gender Equality at the 78th UN General Assembly: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead (Just Security, October 12, 2023)
> Only 15 percent of SDG targets are currently on track. As for SDG 5, the standalone goal on gender equality, none of the target indicators have been met or almost met. A 2023 U.N. progress report found that if current trends continue, 342.4 million women will still live in extreme poverty by 2030. https://www.justsecurity.org/89383/gender-equality-at-the-78th-un-gener…
IOC President at the second ANOCA Gender Equality Forum: “Everyone has a role to play to empower women in sport” (International Olympic Committee, October 5, 2023)
> Nearly 200 key decision-makers from across the Olympic Movement in Africa gathered in Cabo Verde this week to continue working together towards gender equality in and through sport. The theme of the forum, “From the Boardroom to the Playing Field”, reiterated the need for the Olympic Movement to address gender equality in all areas of its activities and resulted in 10 key commitments to action. https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-president-at-the-second-anoca-gender-…
ActionAid Says Pregnant Women in Gaza are Faced with Impossible Choice (Palestine Chronicle, October 15, 2023)
> ActionAid has expressed its profound concerns over pregnant Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip, “as they make the impossible choice of fleeing with no guarantee of safety or remaining at risk of almost certain death”. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/actionaid-says-pregnant-women-in-gaz…