International gender-equality experts say G7 leaders must take concrete steps to “build better” for women and girls after the pandemic.

A report by the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC) proposes a “robust monitoring and accountability mechanism” to hold G7 governments to focus on gender equality commitments.

In the report’s preface, Boris Johnson writes: “Some of us would love the challenge of scaling a vertical ponytail with one hand behind our backs. Yet if we were to help uncover the talents and potential of women and girls, If we fail to act on the world’s continuing failure, the G7 will attempt to do exactly that.”

NS document Expands on the recommendations of a panel for G7 leaders that met in Cornwall earlier this year.

They warned then vthat women have faced a greater burden during the Covid outbreak, while demanding more funds to tackle the “shadow epidemic” of violence against women and girls.

They also recommended greater investment in domestic and international social care infrastructure and access to affordable quality care.

Other action recommended include equal access to capital and labor markets and tackling online harassment and abuse of women and girls.

The council, an independent group of experts convened by Mr Johnson under Britain’s G7 Presidency, aims to “champion freedom, opportunity, individual humanity and dignity” for women and girls around the world.

In June many of the council’s initial recommendations were converted into pledges, including action on girls’ education and strengthening the international response to conflict-related sexual violence.

The authors of the new report call on the G7 to show leadership and demonstrate what can be achieved in justice, education, science, health, the workplace and our economies.

Alice P Albright, a council member and chief executive of the Global Partnership for Education, an organization that coordinates funding for school education, said: “One of the main issues raised by GEAC is 12 years of quality education for all. is the call of.

“The G7 has shown unprecedented political will around girls’ education, and this is a powerful first step. If the G7 wants to meet its policy priorities – whether around business, climate change, diplomacy or peace – universal girls’ education is a proven answer.

“But it also means immediate implementation of existing goals and commitments, investing a greater proportion of aid in global education, and making girls’ education a permanent feature of all future G7 presidencies to secure sustainable change.”