Events
22–24 May 2024

Remeasuring Self and Society after Empire: The Human Sciences in Decolonization

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
516
Publications
Report, 15 November, 2019

Taking a Gendered Bottom-up Approach to Peacebuilding

Elisabeth Prügl and Christelle Rigual
35
Teaching
Academic courses

Gender and Bodies in Global Health

Claire Somerville
258
News
24th June 2019

From the Centre to the Margins and Back Again: Women in Agriculture at the ILO

Gender Centre
516
Events
23 May, 2019

What is a Peacekeeper? Social Constructions, Power Relations, and Protection in the context of MINUSMA

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
35
News
11th May 2020

Why global health can offer more on gender

Claire Somerville
5
Events
15 September, 2022

Genre et développement FAQ

Executive Education
5
Events
28 September, 2023

Religiously-Inspired Baby Boom: A Case Study of Georgia

Gender Centre
516
News
20th June 2019

Gender equality as a resource for peace

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
5
News
8th April 2020

Enhancing the protection of sex workers

Gender Centre
35
Publications
Journal article, 20 January, 2020

The Gender Responsiveness of Social Marketing Interventions Focused on Neglected Tropical Diseases

Claire Somerville
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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