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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HARNESSING THE POWER OF DATA FOR GENDER EQUALITY <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>INTRODUCING THE 2019 EM2030 GENDER INDEX<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Direct Link to Full 61-Page 2019 Report:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://data.em2030.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/EM2030_2019_Global_Report_ENG.pdf">https://data.em2030.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/EM2030_2019_Global_Report_ENG.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Ubuntu;color:#333333">The 2019 Global Report “Harnessing the power of data for gender equality: Introducing the 2019 EM2030 SDG Gender Index”, introduces the 2019 SDG Gender Index. The index is the most comprehensive tool
available to explore the state of gender equality across 129 countries (covering 95% of the world’s girls and women), 14 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and 51 targets linked to issues inherent in the SDGs.
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<p><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Ubuntu;color:#333333">The 2019 SDG Gender Index finds that, with just 11 years to go until 2030, nearly 40% of the world’s girls and women – 1.4 billion – live in countries failing on gender equality.
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<p><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Ubuntu;color:#333333">Another 1.4 billion live in countries that “barely pass”. Even the highest-scoring countries have more to do, particularly on complex issues such as climate change, gender budgeting and public services,
equal representation in powerful positions, gender pay gaps, and gender-based violence. No country in the world has reached the “last mile” on gender equality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Ubuntu;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="455" height="630" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D52C50.E87D28A0" alt="cid:image003.png@01D52C50.E87D28A0"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Ubuntu;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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