35
News
21st May 2021

Gender Equality: Do what we say, not what we do

Global Health Centre
5
Events
29 June, 2022

Caring in Time of Crisis: Visioning a Feminist Future

Maison de la Paix - Hybrid
Gender Centre
35
News
29th April 2021

The rise of non-communicable disease (NCDs) in Mozambique: decolonising gender and global health

Claire Somerville and Gender Centre
5
Events
17 May, 2018

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

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
35
Events
7 March, 2022

Menstruations, Sharing Experiences from Africa and Asia

Gender Centre and Global Health Centre
5
News
1st May 2021

La définition du genre dans le droit pénal international et le droit international relatif aux droits humains

Gender Centre
516
Events
25 October, 2021

Public Lecture “Women’s Voices in the International Judiciary”

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
Teaching
Academic courses

Gender and International Affairs

Nicole Bourbonnais
35
Events
22 May, 2020

Masked Heroines? Building Resilience Begins with a Gender-Equitable Health Workforce

Maison de la Paix
Global Health Centre
5
Events
5 March, 2019

Women Businesses in Developing Countries

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
5
Publications
Journal article, 1 May, 2019

Divorce, Living Arrangements, and Material Well-being during the Transition to Adulthood in Rural Malawi

Isabel Pike
516
Publications
Report, 15 November, 2019

Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding

Elisabeth Prügl and Christelle Rigual
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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