EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION: GENDER
E xpectations for achievements on gender equality are high for the 2024 G20 Rio Summit, given the formation of a new G20 Working Group on Empowerment of Women to support the summit’s three priorities and the G20 women’s ministerial meeting. at their 2009 London Summit, with 155 words (3%) in their communiqué. Since their 2010 Seoul Summit, where it took 177 words (1%), their attention slowly, but irregularly, increased in size and scope. It dropped in 2011 to a low of 52 words (0.4%), then rose in 2012 to 231 words (2%). It surged DELIBERATION G20 leaders first addressed gender equality in 2013 to 1,015 words (4%) but dropped in 2014 to 305 words (3%). Then came a sustained rise to 1,235 words (14%) in 2015, 1,199 words (8%) in 2016 and a spike of 4,836 words (14%) in 2017. In 2018, it plunged to 676 words (8%), but rose significantly in 2019 to 1,153 (23%) – the highest portion at any summit. It plunged again in 2021 to 686 words (12%) but rose slightly in 2022 to 1,510 (16%), only to fall again in 2022 to 790 words (8%). It remained steady in 2023 at 928 words (9%).
G20 performance on gender equality
Gender inequality persists, and below-average G20 compliance highlights the need for stronger, politically binding commitments and clear institutional accountability
Julia Kulik, director of strategic initiatives and public engagement, G20 Research Group
G20 performance on gender equality, 2008–2023
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Compliance (%)
Conclusions (% words)
Commitments (%)
64
G20 BRAZIL: THE RIO SUMMIT — 2024
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