International Women's Day

Where Women Feel They Lack Equality

International Women's Day is observed on March 8th every year, commemorating the struggle for women's rights across the globe. To mark the occasion this year, Ipsos Mori released a new report on the state of gender equality in different countries. It found that nine tn ten women believe in equal opportunities but it also revealed that 40 percent of women say they personally do not have equality.

The infographic below shows the countries where women either disagree very much or disagree somewhat that they "have full equality with men and freedom to reach their full dreams and aspirations". Spain had the highest level of disagreement (73 percent), followed by Japan (67 percent) and South Korea (64 percent). Russian women were far less inclined to disagree with that statement.

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This chart shows the % of women disagreeing they have full equality with men/freedom to reach their dreams.

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Women: Do you think you have full equality with men and the freedom to reach your full dreams and aspirations?
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Share of people worldwide who agree with the statement that giving women equal rights has gone far enough in 2025, by country and gender
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Share of respondents who believe it is likely women will have equal rights in the Asia Pacific region in 2019, by country
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Share of individuals believing that giving women equal rights to men has gone too far in Japan as of January 2019
Do you believe there is currently an inequality between women and men in terms of social, political or economic rights in your country?
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Share of people worldwide who feel achieving gender equality is personally important in 2019, by country*

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