Events
22–24 May 2024

Remeasuring Self and Society after Empire: The Human Sciences in Decolonization

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
35
Events
9 September, 2015

What Does the New Development Agenda Mean for Women and Girls?

Esther May
516
Events
6 December, 2021

Gender in Peacebuilding

Graziella Moraes Silva and Elisabeth Prügl
5
News
9th March 2018

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Gender Centre
45
Events
1 March, 2021

Decolonising the Curriculum and Racism in Academia

Gender Centre
5
News
27th August 2019

Justice denied? Access to justice for victims of sexual violence

Sara Davis
25
Publications
Journal article, 28 March, 2019

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

Elisabeth Prügl
35
Events
4 September, 2020

COVID-19: Les inégalités de genre

Graziella Moraes Silva and Executive Education
5
News
19th November 2019

The (Gendered) Violence among Us

Gender Centre
Publications
Journal article, January 2016

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Ilona Kickbusch
516
News
4th February 2021

Women’s Voices in the International Judiciary

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy and Andrew Clapham
5
News
26th November 2020

The Missing Life Stories of India’s Sex Workers

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