New UN report reveals that gender equality is woefully off track

One in four institutional mechanisms for gender equality have seen their operating budgets cut over the past two years, and one in three have had their institutional power eroded over the same period.

Meanwhile, amid funding cuts, 42 per cent of UN entities report a weakening of their gender equality efforts.

Importantly, the report finds that not a single country has achieved full legal equality, and 51 per cent of the 131 countries studied still have significant legal gaps.