510
Events
1 December, 2022

Mapping ‘Care Chains’ in Export Horticulture in Senegal: Why does it matter to understand Labour Migration and Social Reproduction?

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
Teaching
Academic courses

Gender and International Affairs

Nicole Bourbonnais
Events
6 December, 2022

Forced sterilisations and the violence of the everyday

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
516
News
19th November 2020

Can liberal democracy right the wrongs of racial and gender injustices?

Shalini Randeria and Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
35
Events
7 March, 2022

Menstruations, Sharing Experiences from Africa and Asia

Gender Centre and Global Health Centre
58
Events
23 March, 2023

Underground women miners: Space “invaders” and gendered subjectivities in the making

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
5
Events
23 May, 2024

Conversations with Naila Kabeer. Reversed Realities and Feminist Economic Strategies for Today’s World

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
516
Events
19–20 November 2021

Rethinking Representation in the International Bench: Democracy, Inclusion, and Legitimacy

Maison de la Paix
Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
35
Research
Research project in progress

The Healthcare Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Individuals in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

Claire Somerville
News
27th April 2022

Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Centre for Finance and Development
5
Events
17 May, 2018

Politics of Gender Expertise: Debating Women’s Rights and Cultural Norms

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
5
News
9th March 2020

What Counts? Women in Sport

Claire Somerville
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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