5
News
26th November 2020

The Missing Life Stories of India’s Sex Workers

Gender Centre
5
Publications
Journal article, 9 September, 2019

Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: Why prioritising the gender goal is essential

Claire Somerville
Research
Other in progress

International Gender Champions

Claire Somerville
35
Events
7 March, 2022

Menstruations, Sharing Experiences from Africa and Asia

Gender Centre and Global Health Centre
25
Research
Research project in progress

Land Commercialization, Gendered Agrarian Transformation and the Right to Food (DEMETER)

Christophe Golay
5
Events
10 December, 2020

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

Gender Centre and Martina Viarengo
5
Events
29 June, 2022

Caring in Time of Crisis: Visioning a Feminist Future

Maison de la Paix - Hybrid
Gender Centre
5
News
1st May 2021

La définition du genre dans le droit pénal international et le droit international relatif aux droits humains

Gender Centre
35
News
21st May 2021

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

Global Health Centre
5
News
25th November 2020

Unsafe in Your Own Home: Violence against Women and the Politics of Domination

Gender Centre and Nicole Bourbonnais
5
Events
27 April, 2023

Intersecting liminalities in forced displacement: drivers and consequences of transactional sex

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
35
Research
Research project in progress

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

Nicole Bourbonnais
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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