Progress towards closing the gender gap in politics has been slow, according to data accumulated by UN Women. In fact, since 2005 there has only been a 3.5% increase in the global number of female ministers. Today, there are 715 female minsters worldwide; a mere 17.7% of government ministers globally.
There are currently 18 female heads of state, excluding royalty, half of whom are their nation’s first female leader. Sixty-three nations have had a female leader at some point in the past 50 years.
The need to accelerate progress is being taken seriously around the world. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for example, has pledged to increase female representation in Japan to 30% by 2020, while UN Women has suggested that “women’s political empowerment and equal participation in political decision-making are likely to feature in the new sustainable development agenda taking over from the Millennium Development Goals this year”.
The World Economic Forum has also established task forces worldwide, which work to improve gender parity in various nations.
So, which countries have an elected female head of state?
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
