Women have been saying for years that there is a growing backlash against gender equality, and every time the conversation comes up weโre told weโre imagining it.
Now the United Nations is saying it.
According to a UN report, nearly 1 in 4 countries reported setbacks in womenโs rights and gender equality. Hundreds of millions of women and girls are living in conflict zones, violence against women remains widespread, and UN officials are warning about a growing backlash against womenโs rights worldwide.
The part that stands out to me isnโt even the statistics. Itโs that women have been raising concerns about misogyny, online hostility toward women, violence, and attacks on reproductive rights for years, only to be dismissed as overreacting.
If the UN Secretary-General is warning about the โmainstreaming of misogyny,โ maybe itโs time to stop pretending these concerns came out of nowhere.
Do you think womenโs rights are genuinely facing setbacks, or do you think organizations like the UN are exaggerating the problem?