510
Events
20 November, 2021

Beyond Formal Participation: Intersectionality by Design

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
Teaching
Academic courses

Advanced Development Macroeconomics: Empirical Research

Martina Viarengo
5
Events
10 December, 2020

Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm

Gender Centre and Martina Viarengo
35
Events
7 March, 2022

Menstruations, Sharing Experiences from Africa and Asia

Gender Centre and Global Health Centre
35
Events
30 September, 2021

Les enjeux de genre en santé communautaire : regards croisés Afrique – Amérique Latine

Executive Education
35
News
21st May 2021

Gender Equality: Do what we say, not what we do

Global Health Centre
5
Publications
Journal article, 20 October, 2020

Untenable dichotomies de-gendering political economy

Elisabeth Prügl
516
News
15th September 2021

Pathways and obstacles to achieve a more diverse, democratic, and inclusive international judiciary

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
35
Research
Research project in progress

The Gospel of Birth Control: Prophets, Patients, and the Transnational Family Planning Movement

Nicole Bourbonnais
5
News
26th November 2020

The Missing Life Stories of India’s Sex Workers

Gender Centre
517
Events
12 April, 2018

Folding Business In, Folding Gender Out: A Critical Analysis of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative in Nigeria

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
516
Publications
Working paper, 26 November, 2019

Women, peace and security an agenda for the Human Rights Council

Gender Centre
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Goal 5 highlights that gender inequality persists worldwide, depriving women and girls of their basic rights and opportunities. “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will require more vigorous efforts, including legal frameworks, to counter deeply rooted gender-based discrimination that often results from patriarchal attitudes and related social norms” as put  by the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Read more about Goal 5

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Target 5.1

End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

Target 5.2

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

Target 5.3

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

Target 5.4

Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

Target 5.5

Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

Target 5.6

Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences

Target 5.a

Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws

Target 5.b

Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women

Target 5.c

Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels