Data tracking biases against Women has shown no progress over the past decade, with prejudices remaining “deeply embedded” in Society despite rights campaigns such asMeToo, a UN report said.
These prejudices “are widespread among men and women suggesting that these biases are deeply embedded and influences both men and women to similar degrees”, the report says.
The UN agency has updated its Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) — which takes into account political, economic, Education and physical Integrity metrics — using data from theWorld Values Survey, an international project studying how values and beliefs are changing worldwide.
The index shows “no improvement in biases against women in a decade,” the UNDP said, “despite powerful global and local campaigns for women’s rights” such as MeToo.