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Centre for Finance and Development
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Claire Somerville and Gender Centre
510
Events
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Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
5
Events
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Women’s Voices in the Media: Changing the World

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
5
Events
15 September, 2022

Genre et développement FAQ

Executive Education
516
News
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The challenge of diversity in international courts

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
516
News
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Pathways and obstacles to achieve a more diverse, democratic, and inclusive international judiciary

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
35
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Journal article, 20 January, 2020

The Gender Responsiveness of Social Marketing Interventions Focused on Neglected Tropical Diseases

Claire Somerville
25
Research
Research project in progress

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

Adriana Bessa
516
Events
27 September, 2021

My Life as a Judge on the ICTR and ICC: Did I Make a Difference?

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
35
Events
20 June, 2024

World Refugee Day

Maison de la Paix - Hybrid
Global Health Centre and Gender Centre
5
Research
Research project in progress

Kick it like a Girl! Young Women Push Themselves Through Football in the African Public Space

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