Editing 2020s (section)

==Society==
{{Main|2020s in social history}}

===Social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic===
{{Main|Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic}}
Medical experts advised, and local authorities often mandated [[stay-at-home order]]s to prevent gatherings of any size. Such gatherings would be [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science and technology#Telecommunications|replaced by teleconferencing]], or in some cases with unconventional attempts to maintain [[social distancing]] with activities such as a [[balcony]] [[sing-along]] for a concert, or a "birthday parade" for a [[birthday party]]. Replacements for gatherings were seen as significant to [[Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic|mental health during the crisis]]. Social isolation among [[Alcohol drink|alcohol]] users also adopted a trend towards ''Kalsarikänni'' or "[[pantsdrunk]]ing", a Finnish antisocial [[drinking culture]].

Low-income individuals were more likely to contract the coronavirus and to die from it. In both New York City and Barcelona, low-income neighborhoods were disproportionately hit by coronavirus cases. Hypotheses for why this was the case included that poorer families were more likely to live in crowded housing and work in jobs deemed essential during the crisis, such as supermarkets and elder care. In the United States, millions of low-income people may lack access to health care due to being [[uninsured]] or [[underinsured]]. Millions of Americans lost their [[Health insurance in the United States|health insurance]] after losing their jobs. Many low-income workers in service jobs became unemployed.

The coronavirus pandemic was followed by a concern for a potential spike in suicides, exacerbated by social isolation due to quarantine and social-distancing guidelines, fear, and unemployment and financial factors. Many countries reported an increase in [[domestic violence]] and [[intimate partner violence]] attributed to lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial insecurity, stress, and uncertainty led to increased aggression at home, with abusers able to control large amounts of their victims' daily life. [[Midlife crisis]] is a major concern in domestic violence, social implications and suicides for middle-aged adults amid the pandemic. UN Secretary-General [[António Guterres]] called for a domestic violence and midlife crisis "ceasefire".

===Population===
* The population of [[Egypt]] reached 100 million in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Egypt's population hits 100 million |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200212-egypts-population-hits-100-million/ |website=Middle East Monitor |date=12 February 2020 |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218220000/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200212-egypts-population-hits-100-million/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* The [[world population]] reached 8 billion in November 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Victor |first=Daniel |date=2022-11-15 |title=World Population Reaches 8 Billion, U.N. Says |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/world/world-population-8-billion.html |access-date=2022-11-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Population growth]], life expectancy and birth rates declined globally in the early 2020s, driven by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birthrates are declining globally – here's why it matters |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/birthrates-declining-globally-why-matters/ |access-date=2022-01-12 |website=World Economic Forum |date=15 June 2021}}</ref>
* [[India]] surpassed [[China]] and became the most-populous country in April 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ellis-Petersen |first=Hannah |date=2023-04-24 |title=India overtakes China to become world's most populous country |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/24/india-overtakes-china-to-become-worlds-most-populous-country |access-date=2 September 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Gender===
[[File:Ruotsin pääministeri Magdalena Andersson vieraili Suomessa 5.3.2022 (51919506636).jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|[[Prime Minister of Sweden|Swedish Prime Minister]] [[Magdalena Andersson]] and [[Prime Minister of Finland|Finnish Prime Minister]] [[Sanna Marin]] were two female prime ministers in [[Scandinavia]] who guided their countries' [[Enlargement of NATO|ascensions]] into [[NATO]].]]

{{See also|Women in government}}
24.3% of all national parliamentarians were women as of February 2019. 11 women were serving as [[List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government|head of state]] and 12 as head of government in June 2019. 20.7% of government ministers were women as of January 2019. There are wide regional variations in the average percentages of women parliamentarians. As of February 2019, these were: Nordic countries, 42.5%; Americas, 30.6%; Europe excluding Nordic countries, 27.2%; sub-Saharan Africa, 23.9%; Asia, 19.8%; Arab States, 19%; and the Pacific, 16.3%. [[Rwanda]] has the highest number of women parliamentarians worldwide, 61.3% of seats in the lower house. About 26% of elected local parliamentarians are women.<ref name="un_women">{{cite web |title=Facts and figures: Leadership and political participation |url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329170329/https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures |archive-date=29 March 2020 |access-date=28 March 2020 |website=UN Women}}</ref>

Many states swore in their first female leaders during the 2020s, including Presidents [[Katerina Sakellaropoulou]] ([[president of Greece|Greece]]), [[Samia Suluhu Hassan]] ([[President of Tanzania|Tanzania]]), [[Sandra Mason]] ([[President of Barbados|Barbados]]), [[Xiomara Castro]] ([[President of Honduras|Honduras]]), [[Katalin Novák]] ([[President of Hungary|Hungary]]), [[Dina Boluarte]] ([[President of Peru|Peru]]), [[Nataša Pirc Musar]] ([[President of Slovenia|Slovenia]]), [[Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova]] ([[President of North Macedonia|North Macedonia]]) and Prime Ministers [[Rose Christiane Raponda]] ([[Prime Minister of Gabon|Gabon]]), [[Victoire Tomegah Dogbé]] ([[List of prime ministers of Togo|Togo]]), [[Kaja Kallas]] ([[Prime Minister of Estonia|Estonia]]), [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa|Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa]] ([[Prime Minister of Samoa|Samoa]]), [[Robinah Nabbanja]] ([[Prime Minister of Uganda|Uganda]]), [[Najla Bouden]] ([[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Tunisia]]), [[Magdalena Andersson]] ([[Prime Minister of Sweden|Sweden]]), [[Giorgia Meloni]] ([[Prime Minister of Italy|Italy]]), [[Judith Suminwa]] ([[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|DRC]]), and Chairwoman [[Borjana Krišto]] ([[Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sixteen defining moments for gender equality in 2021 |url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/feature-story/2021/12/sixteen-defining-moments-for-gender-equality-in-2021 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=UN Women – Headquarters |date=22 December 2021}}</ref>

===Environmentalism===
* [[Team Seas]] is an international collaborative fundraiser founded by YouTubers [[Mark Rober]] and [[MrBeast]] on 29 October 2021, as a follow-up to [[Team Trees]]. The fundraiser's aim was to raise US$30 million to remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean by the end of the year. They also partnered with the [[Ocean Cleanup]] and the [[Ocean Conservancy]].
* Members of the United Nations agree on a legal framework for the [[High Seas Treaty]] on 4 March 2023, which aims to protect 30% of the world's [[ocean]]s by 2030.

===LGBT rights===
* A law allowing [[third gender]] option on [[driver licenses]] took effect in [[LGBT rights in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/Bill_docket.aspx?lsr=763&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019&txtbillnumber=HB669 |title=Docket of HB669 |access-date=13 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529190550/http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/Bill_docket.aspx?lsr=763&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019&txtbillnumber=HB669}}</ref>
* [[LGBT rights in Switzerland|Switzerland]] banned discrimination based on sexuality due to a referendum, putting into effect a law previously introduced in 2018, that was subsequently blocked by the government that requested a referendum to be held on the matter first.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/swiss-vote-to-approve-legislation-to-protect-lgbtq-rights |title=Swiss vote to approve legislation to protect LGBTQ+ rights. |access-date=13 February 2019 |url-status=live |archive-date=9 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209174058/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/swiss-vote-to-approve-legislation-to-protect-lgbtq-rights}}</ref>
* In [[LGBT rights in Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]], the first [[same-sex marriage]] took place after legalizing legislation took effect in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://impactnottingham.com/2020/02/first-same-sex-marriage-takes-place-in-northern-ireland/ |title=First Same-Sex Marriage Takes Place in Northern Ireland |access-date=18 February 2019 |url-status=live |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218042343/https://impactnottingham.com/2020/02/first-same-sex-marriage-takes-place-in-northern-ireland/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/contents/made/data.htm |title=The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 |access-date=13 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131183238/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/contents/made/data.htm}}</ref>
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* In [[LGBT rights in Costa Rica|Costa Rica]], same-sex marriage and joint adoption by same-sex couples became legal on 26 May 2020.
* The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] [[Bostock v. Clayton County|ruled]] that job discrimination against workers for their [[sexual orientation]] or gender identity is illegal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-16 |title=A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/podcasts/the-daily/supreme-court-lgbtq.html |access-date=2022-08-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* The [[Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act]] passed the [[United States House of Representatives]] on 25 February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2021 |title=Equality Act: House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people |url=https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/house-poised-to-pass-equality-act-that-would-enshrine-lgbtq-protections/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=[[KTLA]] |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326021547/https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/house-poised-to-pass-equality-act-that-would-enshrine-lgbtq-protections/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In [[LGBT rights in Argentina|Argentina]], nonbinary [[ID card]]s with an "X" gender marker started to be issued by the [[Ministry of the Interior (Argentina)|Ministry of the Interior]].
* The [[United States Department of State|U.S State Department]] issued its first ever passport with an "X" gender marker in October 2021, intended to support nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slevin |first1=Colleen |title=United States issues its 1st passport with 'X' gender marker |url=https://apnews.com/article/us-passports-x-gender-designation-2c29e18fc6566d549b9a06fda0857602 |website=Associated Press |date=27 October 2021 |access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>
* Same-sex marriage became [[LGBT rights in Switzerland|legal]] in [[Switzerland]] after a [[2021 Swiss same-sex marriage referendum|2021 referendum]], enforced beginning in July 2022.
* In [[LGBT rights in Chile|Chile]], same-sex marriage and joint adoption by same-sex couples became legal on 10 March 2022.
* Same-sex marriage became [[LGBT rights in Slovenia|legal]] in [[Slovenia]] on 8 July 2022 after the [[Constitutional Court of Slovenia]] ruled that the ban on same-sex marriages violated the [[Constitution of Slovenia|national constitution]].
* Same-sex marriage became [[LGBT rights in Cuba|legal]] in [[Cuba]] on 27 September 2022 after the [[2022 Cuban Family Code referendum|Cuban Family Code referendum]] passed.
* By October 2022, Mexico City and all Mexican states had [[Same-sex marriage in Mexico|legalized same-sex marriage]], either by legislation, executive action, or Supreme Court order.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=Milenio |date=2022-10-26 |title=Aprueban matrimonio igualitario en todo México |url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/aprueban-matrimonio-igualitario-en-todo-mexico |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Grupo Milenio |language=es-MX}}</ref>
* On 1 January 2024, [[Same-sex marriage in Estonia|same-sex marriage]] became legal in [[Estonia]].