Women’s health remains in crisis, even as countries around the world recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Billions of women are not receiving needed testing, their emotional health is getting worse, and nearly a billion women are living with daily physical pain.
Billions of women went untested for potentially life-threatening conditions in the past year.
Most women were not tested for cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure or sexually transmitted diseases/infections in the past year.
Women’s emotional health is worsening, with big gaps between men and women.
Women said they are sadder, angrier and more worried now than at the height of the pandemic — and 20% more likely to feel these emotions than men.
Women are in pain on a daily basis.
Nearly a billion women — about 1 in 3 worldwide — said they spent a lot of the previous day in physical pain.
Women are struggling to afford housing and basic needs.
The percentage of women struggling to afford shelter has increased by nearly half worldwide in the past decade.
Other Global Findings:
More women said they are in pain now than three years ago. Nearly a billion women — about 1 in 3 worldwide — said they spent a lot of the previous day in physical pain.
Fewer women are able to afford housing. Although numbers have remained stable over the past three years, the percentage of women struggling to afford shelter has increased by nearly half in the past decade.
Many young women don’t feel safe. More than 4 in 10 women aged 15 to 24 said they do not feel safe walking alone at night in the area where they live.
