516
Events
5 November, 2019

Patriarchy, Gender and Peace

Maison de la Paix
Achim Wennmann
Research
Other in progress

International Gender Champions

Claire Somerville
5
Research
Research project in progress

Child Care for Childhood and Business Development

Centre for Finance and Development
5
Events
12 October, 2020

Democracy and the Black woman on the poster. A Black feminist critique

Gender Centre
516
Research
Research project

Women’s Situation Rooms

Gender Centre and Elisabeth Prügl
5
News
8th April 2020

Enhancing the protection of sex workers

Gender Centre
5
Events
25 April, 2024

Silenced and (sur)Veiled: Inscribing Identity on the Female Migrant Body

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
5
Events
12 August, 2021

Genre et développement – FAQ

Executive Education
58
Events
15 March, 2018

Jobs that Work for Women. How Does The Rural Labour Market Shape Gender Relations?

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
Publications
Report, 22 September, 2021

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

Claire Ransom
Events
9 November, 2017

Action Days for the SDGs – SDGs and Impact Investing

Auditorium Jacques Freymond, Geneva
Executive Education
5
News
8th February 2022

The Gender Centre’s EQUALS-EU Project: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide

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