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Master thesis in progress

Multinational corporations as partners for SDG implementation: evolution from ‘doing no harm’ to ‘doing good’

Esther May
25
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Research project in progress

DEMETER – Gender, Land, and the Right to Food

Elisabeth Prügl, Fenneke Reysoo and Saba Joshi
35
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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
25
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Research project in progress

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

Adriana Bessa
516
Events
21 May, 2019

Fighting attacks on Gender Studies and sexuality education using human rights instruments

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
35
News
27th September 2019

“I do all I can but I still fail them”: Health system barriers to providing Option B+ to pregnant and lactating women in Malawi

Claire Somerville
35
Events
20 June, 2024

World Refugee Day

Maison de la Paix - Hybrid
Global Health Centre and Gender Centre
58
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Research project in progress

Migration and Labor Market Inequality: The Role of Skills, Gender and Trade

Martina Viarengo
5
Events
12 August, 2021

Genre et développement – FAQ

Executive Education
News
4th April 2024

Women* on the move: gender, forced migration, and peacebuilding

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
5
News
3rd September 2019

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

Claire Somerville
5
Events
5 May, 2022

“Difficult Patients”: Distinction and Inequality of Black Women in Reproductive Care

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