1 of 2 Domestic and family violence against women Photo: Giuliano Gomes/PR PRESS Domestic and family violence against women Photo: Giuliano Gomes/PR PRESS
A study by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) published on Monday (12) shows that sexism whether by men or among women themselves is “potentially harmful” and even legitimizes physical and psychological acts of violence.
The UNDP survey was conducted in 80 countries and covers more than 85% of the world’s population. According to the survey, almost 90% of the world’s population, regardless of gender, has prejudices against women.
Four dimensions of gender bias in which girls and women face disadvantage and discrimination were analyzed. Are you:
The study shows that in Brazil 84.5% of people have at least one kind of prejudice against women. The worst indicators in the country relate to physical integrity. Domestic violence and the right to make decisions about children are assessed. 75.56% of men in Brazil have this prejudice and 75.79% of women have it too.
Education has the lowest bias rate: only 9.59% of respondents believe that university is more important for men than for women.
In the political dimension 39.91% of people showed gender bias and they believe that women are not as good politicians as men when they have that role. In addition, they also believe that women have fewer rights than men.
For 31% of BraziliansAccording to the survey, men have more right to work than women or men do better business than women.
According to the PNDU report only 15.5% of Brazilians have no prejudices against women. In 2012, that figure was 10.2%., an increase of just five percentage points. Brazil presented results similar to countries like Guatemala, Belarus, Romania, Slovakia, Trinidad, Tobago, Mexico and Chile.
2 of 2 protesters take part in a demonstration to mark International Women’s Day, in which women are striking to demand an end to domestic and racial violence, wars and the country’s dominant macho culture, in Milan, Italy, March 8, 2023 Photo: Portal/ Claudia Greco Protesters take part in a demonstration to mark International Women’s Day, in which women are striking to demand an end to domestic and racial violence, wars and the country’s dominant macho culture, in Milan, Italy, March 8, 2023 Photo: Portal/Claudia Greco
World
On the world stage, more than a quarter of the world’s population now believes it is justified for a man to hit his wife, according to the report.
Approximately 87% of women and 90% of men worldwide exhibited at least one gender bias on the dimensions analyzed, which researchers consider areas fundamental to defending women’s rights and ensuring social and economic equality.
The research found that almost half of the world’s people believe that men make better political leaders than women. Additionally, more than two in five people agree that men are better leaders than women.
On average, the proportion of women in heads of state and government has been around 10% since 1995. In the labor market, women occupy less than a third of managerial positions.
recommendations
UNDP experts concluded that despite global campaigns for women’s rights in recent years, such as #MeToo, #NiUna Menos, #TimesUp and #UnVioladorEnTuCamino, the number of people who are prejudiced against women has barely decreased over the past decade . And to improve the indices, they recommend the following actions:
- Strengthening of protection and social assistance systems affecting women
- Promoting financial inclusion for longterm income generation
- Fight gender misinformation, hate speech and violence
- Investing in laws and policies that promote women’s equality in politics to build genderjust states
Index of Social Gender Norms
UNDP uses the World Values Survey (WVS) database to calculate social gender norm indices designed to capture beliefs about gender equality in terms of ability and rights. In Brazil, 1762 people took part in the survey. This is the same sample average for national surveys conducted by Datafolha and Ipec, for example.
World Values Survey is a survey conducted by scientists from around the world since 1981. The aim is to see how countries think about various issues such as quality of life, environment, science and technology, politics, economy, tolerance, work, religion and demographics and other issues.