A UN committee on discrimination demanded Thursday that women have a 50/50 equal voice with males in all decision-making processes, arguing that the previous 30 percent standards were out of date.

The 50-50 “undisputable standard” need to be applied in the public, private, political, economic, and digital spheres, according to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

The committee stated that “the core aim of eliminating discrimination is incompatible with targets of 30 percent representation of women in decision-making,” since these targets conveyed the idea that inequality was “justifiable.”

It also said that “only when decision-making is shared at 50-50 parity by women and men and takes equal account of their interests will it have real and dynamic meaning and lasting effect.”

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women has 189 signatory nations.

The 23-member committee keeps an eye on how well nations are adhering to the treaty.

On Friday, UN rights head Volker Turk was to open the introduction of the expert committee’s guidelines, which was to be explained during a meeting with states parties.

The committee said that if parity is not attained, nations will be unable to adequately handle pressing issues, “particularly those pertaining to peace, political stability, economic development, climate change, and technological advancements like artificial intelligence.”

It said that although women make up 16% of peace negotiators, they are nonetheless “structurally excluded” from both peace discussions and the avoidance of conflicts and crises.

According to the committee, women only accounted for 28% of managerial positions in the workforce and 27% of seats in national parliaments.

The committee demanded the abolition of all actual and legal forms of economic discrimination, such as disparities in wages, taxes, and laws.