We enthusiastically welcomed the arrival of 2023, which stands out on the front page of our diaries. list of good intentions: the diet that appears (disappears) first; gym, achieving a good balance between life, health and work, yoga and numerous trips. The great challenges of the 21st century and issues (important) are also on the global agenda: Can we achieve gender equality by 2030? Spoiler, it will be difficult without catastrophism. Latest data publishedSustainable Development Goal (SDG) show that the world is not on track to achieve parity by the end of the decade. It will take another 286 years to close the global gender gap. Almost one in three women has experienced physical or sexual violence at least once in their lives. Again, 85% of managers Fortune 500 they are men. The data is not very encouraging.
In anticipation of institutional appointments in 2023 (from the Davos meeting to the 67th Congress on the Status of Women promoted by the UN), what can we do? Our contribution starts with a newspaper, we can open our diaries and make another list: one of all the chauvinist phrases we don’t want to hear anymore in 2023.
“She asked for it after seeing how she was dressed”
“He asked for it” is just the tip of the iceberg of a more complex mechanism that is played out by the media and public opinion when faced with a case of femicide: victim blaming. Victim blaming not only harms the female universe, but also fuels the cultural heritage with a masculine imprint, whereby men enjoy greater social freedom. “Provocative” clothing is not a reason or even a mitigating circumstance.
“I’m bad at natural sciences”
Looking forward to next 11 February, the date chosen by the United Nations to celebrate International Day of Women in Scienceit is good to remember the importance of women’s presence in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) areas. According to an article written political horizons, European female students are more likely to study at the university, but the gender gap arises when choosing paths: Less than 4 out of 10 STEM graduates worldwide are women.. The main reasons are the lack of self-esteem, gender stereotypes imposed by the teachers themselves, and barriers in the workplace, where women start with a significant wage gap, even in science and mathematics.
“She can’t be elected just because she’s a woman”
The issue of women’s representation in politics is no doubt complicated, but one thing is certain: over the next year, we cannot allow it to continue tossing between the field of stereotypes and the shield Pink Odds. Numbers matter, but up to a certain point, Presence in parliament does not always translate into real value if access to key positions of power remains limited. Women should not be elected as such, and not even to fill voids, but to translate their presence into concrete actions that will once again eliminate gender inequality.
“You can’t have an abortion”
2022 has been a terrible year for abortion rights, after the cancellation of Roe v. wade, a 1973 ruling that guaranteed abortion in the United States at the federal level. Forecasts for 2023 do not promise an easy turnaround; however, according to experts and commentators, there are some positive signs that should not be underestimated: A more mature awareness of the issue of fundamental rights, legislators working on legal “loopholes” to get around the bans, and the promise of feminist groups to return to the fight.
Source: Elle