The road to global gender equality is darker than it has been in almost a decade. NotEven only have we seen women's rights deteriorate in countries like Afghanistan and Venezuela, but also in the US, wherethe itsSupreme highCourt court stripped women of their national abortion rights. Across the world, women hold less wealth, education, and political power than men,. notAnd tothey mentionhave theira higher likelihood of facing violence. If this trend continues, it will take more than a century to reach full equality of the sexes.