The 2019 edition of Progress of the World’s Women is an extensive assessment of the reality of families today, taking into account sweeping economic, demographic, political and social transformation. The report brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including family laws, income and employment, unpaid care work, violence against women, and families and migration, among others. This landmark report proposes a comprehensive agenda for laws, economic and social policies, and public action to ensure gender equality within families and to accelerate women’s rights and empowerment, which benefits us all.
1. Why families? Why now? -- 2. Families : continuity, change and diversity -- 3. Family formation and women's agency -- 4. An income of her own -- 5. Caring families, caring societies -- 6. When home is where the harm is -- 7. Families on the move -- 8. Recommendations to bring equality home.

287 p. : ill., charts, graphs, maps, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-287) and endnotes.
Available also online (viewed 7 Oct. 2019)

9781632141569
9789210042888 (e-ISBN)