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As we all slowly turn into holiday mode, here’s this week's monthly recap and updates on women's rights around the world. Definitely my most recommended read on the subject: the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2024: the global gender gap score in 2024 for all 146 countries included in this edition is a closed 68.5 per cent, and it will take 134 years to reach full parity — that’s *FIVE* generations beyond the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target. It's not such good news and we're halfway to the official 2030 SDG finish line.

July 2024: pulse check on the current state of affairs for women globally

• 🇺🇦 Ukrainian women have suffered and lived through so many challenges since February 2022, and we are still learning about their experiences and how the war has affected them, men and homes. The Economist writes about how the war has destroyed families, and Carnegie discusses the experiences and dilemma of displaced women: return to whatever is left of their homes or integrate into their host communities and countries. Ukrainian women have also begun to replace men and work in traditionally male-dominated sectors. Read more.

•  🇫🇷 French women fear a backlash against reproductive rights as a far-right tide approaches, despite the previous government's efforts to enshrine abortion in the French constitution. Read more.

• 🇬🇧 The United Kingdom is about to hold a general election and women's rights are on the table, as in any vote. Controversial talks are underway to reform the Equality Act. Read more.

• 🇦🇫🇺🇳 It is now past It is now past 1,000 days since the Taliban declared a ban on schools for girls, and over 1 million girls are effectively banned from getting an education in Afghanistan. In June, a Taliban delegation took part in a United Nations meeting on Afghanistan in Qatar, after the group insisted that women should be excluded from the gathering. Unsurprisingly, this has angered civil society groups and women's rights organisations, who have once again put pressure on the United Nations for its inconsistent concerns regarding the protection of human rights. Read more.

• 🌎 Not necessarily a recent update but I’ve learned that violence against women journalists is increasing, which is not just a threat to human rights but also to press freedom in democracies. Online and digital tools, along with far-right politics (for example in Argentina), have also galvanised this trend (I’ve read good pieces on this topic by 🧠 Annie Kelly, human rights journalist @ The Guardian; Jomana Karadsheh, international correspondent @ CNN; Faranaz Forotan, Afghan journalist). Read more.

• 🇵🇸 Although it's never at the top of anyone's concerns, women and girls don't stop menstruating during war, nor do their pregnancies suddenly stop requiring medical attention. On the contrary, the need for sexual and reproductive health, rights and targeted programmes during conflicts increases substantially. Gynaecologists have been treating women suffering from haemorrhages, infections or a lack of medical follow-up to their pregnancies, which sometimes results in brutal involuntary terminations. Women in Gaza have been in urgent need of medical attention since day 1 of this war. Read more.

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