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Are you ready for change? Gender equality attitudes study 2019

Are you ready for change? Gender equality attitudes study 2019

Publication year 2020
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Discriminatory social norms lead to a wide range of persistent human rights violations and the systematic denial of women’s equal access to political participation, employment, education, and justice, while also gravely undermining women’s protection from all forms of discrimination and violence.

This study serves as an evidence-based instrument that demonstrates how leveraging attitudinal change can be used as a critical tactic towards advancing gender equality. The findings have the potential to inform policymakers, advertisers, private sector leaders, civil society, and decision-makers on challenging discriminatory attitudes and gender roles that perpetuate gender inequality and women’s subordinate status in society.

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Data/statistics Research papers
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
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UN Women Headquarters Office

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Changing social norms Communications and media Gender discrimination Gender equality and inequality Gender equality and women’s empowerment Gender power relations Gender statistics Gender stereotypes Men and boys (masculinity) Sex-disaggregated data Sexuality

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