SDG 05: Gender Equality

Gender equality: a call to action beyond the G20 New Delhi Summit

Sep 21, 2023

Wei Shuqun, a 43-year-old female migrant construction worker, works during a shift at a residential construction site in Shanghai July 17, 2013. The construction site is among a new developing residential area located in Jiading district of suburban Shanghai, some 30 kilometres from the city centre. According to data from the World Bank, 68 percent of China's female population aged 15 and above participate in the labour force, compared to 58 percent in the United States, 51 percent in France, and 53 percent in Germany. Around a third of China's millions of rural-urban migrant workers are women and according to an academic paper published 2010, they also earn around a third less than their male equivalents. Picture taken July 17, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY CONSTRUCTION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 06 OF 29 FOR PACKAGE 'CHINA'S MIGRANT WORKFORCE'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'RURAL-URBAN SONG'

Gender equality is important to remove barriers to women's economic empowerment, such as unequal access to education and healthcare. Image: REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY CONSTRUCTION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 06 OF 29 FOR PACKAGE 'CHINA'S MIGRANT WORKFORCE'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'RURAL-URBAN SONG'

Ratna Sahay

Professor, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

Kehinde Ajayi

Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development

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