This year, the United Nations (UN) Women for Peace Association held its third annual “March In March” for gender equality on Sunday, March 8. This year’s theme was “50-50 by 2030,” meaning that the United Nations hopes to achieve gender equality by the year 2030.

A new report, “The Glass Floor: Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry,” by the Restaurant Opportunities Center United finds that nearly two-thirds of women working restaurants experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.

This October, the world has witnessed shifts in the Catholic Church as the controversial topic of gay marriage and homosexual exclusion was brought to scrutiny by Pope Francis through the Extraordinary Synod.