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International Women’s Day was recently commemorated, for this reason we dedicate this program to gender roles, the way in which the new generations are assuming the issue and the challenges that still remain pending to end gender violence and inequality. Although it is true that significant progress has been made to protect women and achieve social parity, there is still a long way to go.
According to the Global Gender Gap Report, it would take 132 years to achieve full parity between men and women if the issue continues to be handled as it has been done up to now.
Given these results, the European Commission has said that if more forceful and rapid measures are not taken, not only could it remain stagnant, but there is a latent danger of a regression in the matter.
Currently, the European Union reports an average of 14% in the wage gap between men and women in its territory, a figure affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, which placed a greater burden on women in a naturalized manner.
Meanwhile, in Europe they view with discontent the lack of ratification by some countries of the Istanbul Convention, an international legal instrument to prevent and fight against all forms of discrimination against women.
Together with the MEPs Lina Gálvez, from the Social Democratic group, and Rosa Estaras, from the European People’s Party, we analyze why it is so difficult to advance on the issue and what are the most urgent challenges.
