WHAT'S NEXT?: Achieving global gender parity will take many decades yet. Read on to understand the trends, challenges and efforts to advance parity at a faster pace.
[New] The US supreme court will consider state bans on transgender athletes on Tuesday in a major LGBTQ + rights legal battle that could have far-reaching consequences beyond youth sports.
Ars OpenForum
[New] In 2026, nearly one-third of surveyed philanthropy leaders plan to scale back racial equality initiatives, with reductions also planned for environmental justice and gender equality.
The Conference Board
[New] According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey compiled by World Population Review found more than half (51.5%) of women and roughly a third (31.3%) of men in Mississippi will experience domestic violence in their lifetime.
Meridian Star
[New] By 2035, obesity rates among Latino and Black women in California will reach nearly 60%, compared with nearly 40% for their white counterparts.
Los Angeles Times
[New] In 2026, 61.9% of women delegates will represent historically marginalized racial / ethnic communities (that proportion is 61.8% at the end of 2025). / USA
Center for American Women and Politics
[New] Driving skilling and technology at scale, India's rural workforce - a large part of which is women - could be proactive participants in an agri-marketing ecosystem for frozen food, ready-to-eat and packaged organic foods for export to affluent markets.
Economic Times
[New] Violence against women in politics has become a systemic threat to democratic participation in The Gambia, forcing many women out of leadership spaces through intimidation, harassment, and abuse, a new study by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy has revealed.
International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics
[New] The European Commission has opened a consultation on a plan to make the EU the world's most attractive place for women to work in research and innovation by 2030.
Research Professional News
[New] The rise of generative AI especially amplifies digital safety risks for certain groups like children and women, who are increasingly targeted by impersonation and synthetic image abuse.
European Business Magazine
[New] Fear is the driving force behind Australia's racism, not diverse opinions, nor the colour of someone's skin, ethnicity, gender, faith and beliefs.
National Indigenous Times
[New] Women face the risk of sexual violence while searching for food.
Al Jazeera
[New] New York City's first women-majority lawmaking body resulted in overdue attention towards tackling persistent inequities and injustices in health, opportunity, and safety.
Ms. Magazine
[New] 2026 could be the strongest year-over-year increase in women entering partnership we have seen.
Inside Public Accounting
[New] By 2030, more than one billion women will be in perimenopause or menopause.
World Health Expo Insights
[New] At the federal level, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally removed the black box warning on estrogen products, ushering in a new era for menopause care whereby women and their doctors can make decisions without the unnecessary fear the prior label engendered.
Katie Couric Media
[New] Legislative work, engagement with the UN on policy development, gender equality, youth engagement, leadership renewal and inter-cooperative collaboration will remain priorities, alongside continued support for cooperatives operating in fragile or crisis-affected contexts.
ICA
[New] As 2026 unfolds, the measure of progress will not lie in the number of conferences held or statements issued, but in whether Nigeria's political institutions are willing to redesign a system that has consistently excluded women from power.
Womens News Today
[New] Women are retiring with far smaller pensions than men because of pay inequalities and the fact they are shouldering the burden of care and the mental load, a study by the University of Edinburgh has warned.
The Money Pages
[New] Thailand was finalising the national action plan on women, peace and security for 2024 to 2027, which would focus on women affected by conflict-affected situations.
The United Nations Office at Geneva
[New] Thailand recognised the important role of women human rights defenders, and they had been identified as a key target group under the national human rights plan.
The United Nations Office at Geneva
[New] The Thai Government promoted universal access to public health services and implemented measures to ensure that vulnerable women, including informal female workers and registered migrant women, could access healthcare.
The United Nations Office at Geneva
Last updated: 05 February 2026
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