The advancement of gender equality policies in developing countries on the background of current global challenge

Abstract

Today, gender equality is affected by global phenomena, and there is a need for gender equality policies to reflect the new environment, taking into account all the variables that can affect policy-related decision-making. At the same time, it is of great interest what measures are taken by countries to respond to the new challenges, what is the position of the international community and what is being done to overcome obstacles to the implementation of gender equality policies, as well as what is proving to be good practice, that could be adopted by other countries in similar situations, with the help of the relevant international organisations, bearing in mind the different levels of development of countries. In the context of the unfavourable climate for gender equality, due to two years of pandemic, many researchers have presented evidence to the scientific community that the pre-pandemic challenges to gender equality have worsened. The policies needed to restore the favourable path towards the fifth Sustainable Development Goal, which has been a topic of great importance for researchers, international organisations, but also for national governments.