Global Scans · Gender Equality · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls.

• [New] Just closing the gender digital divide alone could benefit 343.5 million women and girls worldwide, lift 30 million out of poverty by 2050, and generate an estimated $1.5 trillion boost to global GDP by 2030. The Business Standard
• Myanmar seeks to fortify its resilience against climate change-induced loss and damage by strengthening social protection, promoting gender considerations, and enhancing risk finance capacity. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Closing the gender digital divide alone could add $1.5 trillion to global GDP by 2030. UN DESA VOICE
• New Zealand Risk Score calculates the 5-year risk for a first occurrence of a fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular event by gender, age, diabetes, smoking status, BP, and cholesterol levels, measuring range divided into 4 sections: mild (<? > 10%), moderate, high, very high. LWW
• India is often introduced to outsiders by its challenges: poverty, bureaucracy, food safety risks, gender dynamics, border tensions, and a business culture that can be both aggressively direct and surprisingly indirect. Food Export Association of the Midwest USA and Food Exp
• Closing gender gaps in labour markets could increase GDP in LAC countries by up to 14% by 2030. Observatory of Public Sector Innovation
• Policymakers increasingly demonstrate gender savvy, including widespread recognition of married women's elevated risk for HIV in many parts of the world. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Both countries have pioneered bond issuances which feature specific coupon step-ups (and step-downs in the case of Uruguay) tied to performance on key indicators that include meeting their greenhouse gas emission targets by 2030 and improving board gender diversity by 2031. MFS
• CSR projects are increasingly seen as a non-negotiable part of mining licenses; companies are expected to invest in education, health, local infrastructure, and gender equality in communities adjacent to operations. Farmonaut
• The UN has long struggled with a host of threats to multilateral cooperation, including growing disregard for the rule of law, nuclear proliferation, the rise of nationalist policymaking, and backtracking on global climate action and efforts to promote gender equality. International Peace Institute
• The threat of money laundering has profound implications for governance, social development and gender equality. The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

Last updated: 12 October 2025