U.N. chief calls for securing gender equality worldwide

Source: Xinhua

Updated: 2015-09-29

However, statistics also show that gender disparity widens at the secondary and tertiary school level in many countries; women earn 10-30 percent less than men for the same work; and only 22 percent of all national parliamentarians were female as of August 2015.

In this regard, Ban called on world leaders to create and implement coherent gender equality policies, provide financing for gender equality and monitor progress of this cause.