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3 December, 2020

Does International Law Help Eradicate Domestic Violence? Assessing the Impact of International Legal Instruments on Domestic Policies

Gender Centre
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Women’s Voices in the International Judiciary

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Sexual Violence, Public Domain, and Disorders of Democracy

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Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
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The Visible Woman? Power, Legal Knowledge and Gender Discourse at the International Monetary Fund

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
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Families in a Changing World

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
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Gender politics of and for Kayambi women: house and chakra as public spaces

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The Needs of Workers and their Families in Ethiopia’s Textile and Garment Sectors

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Time to Look at Girls: Adolescent Girls Migration and Development

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Gender Experts and Gender Expertise

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Rural Women and Food Security

Elisabeth Prügl and Gender Centre
516
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11th June 2021

Gender and everyday peacebuilding: Insights from Indonesia and Nigeria

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