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18 August, 2020

Le genre au temps des pandémies

Maison de la Paix
Executive Education
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Teaching
Academic courses

Gender and Bodies in Global Health

Claire Somerville
5
News
1st May 2021

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

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
258
News
24th June 2019

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

Gender Centre
5
News
8th April 2020

Enhancing the protection of sex workers

Gender Centre
510
Events
20 November, 2021

Beyond Formal Participation: Intersectionality by Design

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
5
Events
24 November, 2020

Feminist whiteness, feminist ethical responsibility and femoresistance

Gender Centre
58
Events
23 March, 2023

Underground women miners: Space “invaders” and gendered subjectivities in the making

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
5
Publications
Book, 2019

Gender training a transformative tool for gender equality

Gender Centre
35
Research
Research project in progress

The Healthcare Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Individuals in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

Claire Somerville
5
News
27th August 2019

Justice denied? Access to justice for victims of sexual violence

Sara Davis
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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