Poverty deepens for women and girls, according to latest projections

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Azcona, G. & Bhatt, A. (2022). Poverty deepens for women and girls, according to latest projections. UN Women.

New projections of global poverty by UN Women, UNDP and the Pardee Center for International Futures estimate that, globally, 388 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty in 2022 (compared to 372 million men and boys). But the outlook could be far worse. In a “high-damage” scenario, this number could balloon to 446 million (427 million for men and boys).

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Date

February 1, 2022

Center

Frederick S. Pardee Institute for International Futures

Author

UN Women UNDP

Type

Commentaries, Publication

Link

https://data.unwomen.org/features/poverty-deepens-women-and-girls-according-latest-projections

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