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] We know from recent estimates that closing the gaps between men and women in agriculture could raise global GDP by one trillion dollars and reduce food insecurity for 45 million people.
MercoPress
[New] Across Sudan, acute malnutrition is expected to worsen in 2026 according to the alert, with a 13.5% increase in cases of acute malnutrition in children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women - from 3.7 million children and women in 2025 to nearly 4.2 million in 2026.
Save The Children
[New] Sessions focused on women's access to land tenure, credit, and cooperatives, recognising that closing the gender gap in agriculture could increase African food production by up to 20%.
Africa Agricultural Network | The Face of African Agric
[New] If current trends continue, gender parity on corporate boards would not be reached until 2043, 19% of which still have no female representation. / Mexico
Mexico Business
[New] Research has shown the US will be a majority-minority country by 2040, a majority of college-educated workers are now women and 25% of gen Z identify as LGBTQ +.
The Guardian
[New] Acute malnutrition for children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and breastfeeding women is expected to deteriorate in 2026, with nearly 4.2 million estimated cases of acute malnutrition, including more than 800,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition.
Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy
[New] Women made up only about 29% of the global tech workforce and nearly 28% of women's jobs were at risk from artificial intelligence, compared to 21% of men's.
The United Nations Office at Geneva
[New] If women begin acting more like they did in earlier and different times, choosing to have on average 25% more children, the world population will start growing again.
Hudson Institute
[New] If the average woman has 1.7 children as women now do in half the world, then world population will decline until humans disappear from the Earth - or, more likely, until women start having more children.
Hudson Institute
[New] As digital capabilities become the entry ticket to economic opportunity, the real test for a resilient future is whether women are fully included in building - and leading - the in tech economies around the world.
Roland Berger
[New] More funding is needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of ending female genital mutilation by 2030.
Positive News
[New] HIV-negative women and adolescent girls (n = 5345) in South Africa and Uganda were randomly assigned 2:2: 1 to LEN 927 mg subcutaneously every 26 weeks (n = 2134), FTC/TAF 200/25 mg orally daily (n = 2136), or FTC/TDF 200/300 mg orally daily (n = 1068).
Contagion Live
[New] Looking ahead, Mexican society will hopefully become more gender conscious with time.
Canning House
[New] Mexico's new president will be governing more Spanish-speaking women than any other leader in the world.
Canning House
[New] North America will soon have its first ever female president.
Canning House
[New] Employers will need to create action plans for gender equality and menopause which will be voluntary until some time in 2027.
Small Business UK
[New] The share of women veterans is expected to represent 18% of all U.S. veterans by 2040, up from just 4% in 2000.
Newsweek
[New] In 2026 alone, an estimated 4.5 million girls - many under the age of five - are at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM).
News-Medical
[New] Not only visibility on line-ups designed to look cool or progressive, in 2026 more women will be taking on decision-making roles as managers, label heads, festival directors, agents, and founders.
NIGHTMAG
[New] CHARLESTON, W.Va. - As many as 62% of women in West Virginia are expected to experience domestic violence at some point in their lives.
WCHS
Last updated: 26 February 2026
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