Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2019
Publisher: UN Women, Women Count, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Date: 2019
Topics: Basic Services, Conflict Prevention, Gender, Protection and Access to Justice
The ‘leave no one behind’ approach aims to identify not only who is left behind, but also the ways in which marginalization and exclusion are experienced. Analyses across countries of who is being left behind demonstrates that among the most disadvantaged are women and girls who face the compounded effects of gender-based and other forms of discrimination. The factors that contribute to women’s and girls’ disadvantage do not operate in isolation. Differences related to wealth, location and ethnicity, for instance, combine to create deep pockets of deprivation across a range of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—from access to education and health care to clean water and decent work.