Turning Point in History: U.S. Sends the Most Diverse Delegation to CSW65
This week, the 65th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) serves as an opportunity for the Biden-Harris administration to keep their promise on increasing diversity and addressing inequalities in leadership— particularly gender inequality—and so far they are succeeding.
There’s no better time for CSW65, and no better year than to address gender equality, with the pandemic disproportionately impacting women, while also revealing and exacerbating existing inequalities around the world.
On January 1, 2021, The Inter-Parliamentary Union ranked the U.S. in equal place with Mali at 67th place. But it’s not just the U.S.—only 23 countries have 40 percent women or more in leadership in national parliaments, with the top of the global league table being Rwanda, Cuba and United Arab Emirates. Among those ranked above the U.S., only 36 percent of high-income countries ranked higher.
Originally posted in Ms Magazine
By GENEVA COSTOPULOS, LANICE C. WILLIAMS, SHIRLEY BEJARANO and CRYSTAL LANDER
