this goalbygoal review shows that gender inequalities remain pervasive in each and every dimension of sustainable development in countries with available data there are million more women than men living on less than us a day unequal access to and control over economic resources lie at the root of womens poverty gender inequalities in the labour market persist largely due to occupational segregation and gender pay gaps women continue to be underrepresented in leadership positions and in other areas such as maternal mortality child marriage and female genital mutilation fgm progress is unacceptably slow and uneven in situations of unrest instances of sexual and lethal violence increase and are commonly perpetrated not only by intimate partners but also by police and military personnel