O United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)) published a worrying study last Tuesday: nine out of ten people are considered prejudiced against women. Almost 90% of people are biased against women, according to the first index of social gender norms, which analyzed data from 75 countries that are home to 80% of the global population.
Despite progress in terms of gender equity, such as an increase in the number of women in the job market and in leadership positions, and a greater presence of women in the country's universities, 91% of men and 86% of women maintain at least one bias against women in relation to politics, economics, education, violence or reproductive rights.
Almost half of people feel that men are superior political leaders and more than 40% believe that men are better business executives. In the business sector, despite the increase in the number of female CEOs, we still suffer from a low presence of women on fiscal and boards of directors. According to a survey on gender equality carried out by Ipsos, 27% (almost a third) of Brazilians feel uncomfortable when their boss is a woman.
The UNDP survey also shows that almost a third of men and women find it acceptable for a man to beat his wife. This shocking fact is unfortunately “confirmed” in data published today by G1, which found an increase of 7.3% in cases of femicide in 2019 compared to 2018. One woman is killed every 7 hours just for being a woman.
On International Women's Day, may this reality change.
