The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has published the report “The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics” where it offers a detailed overview of the situation of women during 2010.

The World's Women 2010 is intended to contribute to the stocktaking being done to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Beijing Conference. It addresses critical aspects of life: population, families, health, education, work, power and decision-making, violence against women, environment and poverty. It finds that progress in ensuring the equal status of women and men has been made in many areas, including school enrolment, health and economic participation. At the same time, it makes clear that much more needs to be done, in particular to close the gender gap in public life and to prevent the many forms of violence to which women are subjected.

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