So much of the coverage of gender equality focuses on inequities at work, but Gates' letter is a powerful reminder that we need equality at home, too.
It does not mean that male-targeted gender equality interventions focus only on Black boys and men or should not focus on these groups.
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The Guardian's women's rights and gender equality in focus series on the Global Development section launched in February 2014 to provide a specific focus on the pressing issues affecting women, girls and transgender people around the world, and the critical work being carried out by women's rights movements.
"In the area of gender equality, the focus has rightly been on raising awareness about – and removing barriers for – women," Lee was quoted as saying.
We still have to remember that as supporters of gender equality the focus should be towards working to create real world changes within the political, societal and cultural power paradigms and conditions that perpetuate the oppression of women.
The CSW, the UN's largest meeting on gender equality, this year focuses on issues facing rural women and girls, such as improving living standards, food security and access to land.
The theme for this years' Christian Aid Week 10-166 May) is gender equality, with a focus on Ethiopia.
In gender equality, our main focus has been, and will continue to be, on the inequalities faced by women, such as under-representation in the professoriate.
While these are all deeply important issues worthy of development concern this framing of gender equality with a focus exclusively on women and girls has detracted attention away from how these issues affect men and boys.
Promoting gender equality is the focus of Millennium Development Goal 3. If this goal is achieved, UNICEF believes, benefits will be felt in many other spheres – from poverty and hunger reduction to global health and environmental sustainability.
