We pre-booked this billboard campaign to celebrate gender equality
in the year 2148
Current research suggests that full gender equality is still 122 years away.
To highlight this absurd fact and get people to act, we've pre-booked a billboard campaign that will celebrate global gender equality in the year 2148.
122 years until gender equality
How?
According to the World Economic Forum, the world has only closed 68.8% of the gender gap. Progress is too slow. And we can see a backlash for women's rights in a fourth of the world's countries.
As backlash against longstanding commitments on gender equality intensifies, violations of the rights of women and girls are accelerating, fueled by a global culture of impunity, spanning from courts to online spaces to conflict. Laws are being rewritten to restrict the freedoms of women and girls, silence their voices, and enable abuse without consequence. UN Women calls for urgent and decisive action: that every woman and girl can live safely, speak freely, and live equally,
We need to accelerate global progress in several areas:
- Women's economic participation and opportunity
- Women's political empowerment
- End violence against women and girls
- Women, peace and security
The 2148 campaign
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