Federation of Cuban Women at the United Nations Meeting for Gender Equality

This event, which is considered the United Nations' largest annual meeting to empower women and girls, will continue until the 22nd of this month with discussions focusing on accelerating the achievement of equality, addressing poverty, and strengthening institutions and financing from a gender perspective.

This event brings together representatives of governments, civil society organizations, specialists and activists from around the world to agree on actions and investments that can end women's poverty and advance the agenda set in this regard.

According to the organization's figures, 10.3 percent of this population group today lives in extreme poverty, and they are poorer than men.

In response, the United Nations considers that progress towards eliminating this scourge will be 26 times faster than achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030.

However, estimates confirm that it will not be possible to accelerate the pace without investments.

More than 100 million women and girls could be lifted out of poverty if governments prioritized education, family planning, fair and equal wages, and increased social benefits.

Meanwhile, nearly 300 million jobs could be created by 2035 through investments in care services.

If gender gaps in employment were closed, per capita GDP could increase by 20 percent in all regions, according to the United Nations.

Omani Riyal/ebr