5
Publications
Policy brief, 05 February, 2020

Anti-Gender Movements

Gender Centre
5
Research
Research project in progress

Child Care for Childhood and Business Development

Centre for Finance and Development
516
Events
21 May, 2019

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

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
516
Research
PhD thesis in progress

Rural Cambodian women seeking access to land and to justice

Elisabeth Prügl
516
Events
23 November, 2021

Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings

Gender Centre and Nicole Bourbonnais
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
5
Events
2 May, 2024

Shifting norms while saving faces: Ghanian political elites and double-discourses on LGBT* rights and repression in (inter)national arenas

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
516
News
3rd September 2021

Justice and Diversity for the Future

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
5
Events
29 May, 2018

Women’s Voices in the Media: Changing the World

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
5
Events
27 April, 2023

Intersecting liminalities in forced displacement: drivers and consequences of transactional sex

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
Events
23 May, 2024

AI & Equality – Human Rights Toolbox

Maison de la Paix
Executive Education
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