510
Events
20 November, 2021

Beyond Formal Participation: Intersectionality by Design

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
510
News
10th August 2021

Applying Decolonial Critique and Praxis to Publishing

Gender Centre
516
News
31st August 2021

Afghan Women, Serial Wars and Imperial Violence

Julie Billaud
5
Teaching
Academic courses

Gender and Development: From Theory to Practice

Isabel Pike
5
Events
17 May, 2018

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

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
5
Events
10 December, 2020

Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm

Gender Centre and Martina Viarengo
5
Teaching
Academic courses

Gender and International Affairs

Elisabeth Prügl
59
News
4th October 2021

Perceptions of Power: Closing the Gender Gap in the Digital Sphere

Gender Centre
25
Publications
Journal article, 28 March, 2019

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

Elisabeth Prügl
35
Events
9 September, 2015

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

Esther May
5
News
27th March 2018

#MeToo and the aid sector: where do we go from here?

Gender Centre
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
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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