5
Events
8 December, 2022

Meanings of Empowerment: Black Feminism and Entrepreneurship in Development Programmes in Brazil

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
25
Research
Research project in progress

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

Adriana Bessa
516
Events
9 May, 2019

Gendered Security Strategies: How Women Matter in the Policy and Practice of “Countering Violent Extremism”

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
516
News
26th November 2019

Women, Peace and Security. An Agenda for the Human Rights Council

Gender Centre
5
News
6th February 2020

Anti-Gender Movements

Gender Centre
516
Events
21 May, 2019

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

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
5
Events
2 November, 2020

From warriors to local peacebuilders? Lessons from reintegration processes in post-conflict settings through the voices of former (female) combatants

Christelle Rigual
516
News
27th May 2020

Contextually engendering conflict analysis

Gender Centre
5
Events
28 April, 2022

To Solve or Not To Solve? That is the Question. Critical Approaches to Advancing and Innovating for Gender Equity and Digital Inclusion

Maison de la Paix - Hybrid
Gender Centre
35
Events
25 May, 2021

Shifting the paradigm for gender equity in health innovation: transforming research and development to better meet women’s needs

Global Health Centre
5
News
19th February 2020

Emergencies in Kenya: Gaps in Gender Mainstreaming

Executive Education
5
Events
14 April, 2022

“Confrontation is from Mars, Cooperation is from Venus”. Gendering Defence Cooperation in Europe

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