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
5
Publications
Journal article, 1 February, 2019

Gender expertise in global governance contesting the boundaries of a field

Elisabeth Prügl
Publications
Journal article, 14 January, 2019

Engendering the right to food? International human rights law, food security and the rural woman

Gender Centre
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
3 October, 2019

The Visible Woman? Power, Legal Knowledge and Gender Discourse at the International Monetary Fund

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
5
News
8th February 2022

The Gender Centre’s EQUALS-EU Project: Bridging the Digital Gender Divide

Gender Centre
516
News
11th November 2020

Budget et égalité de genre : entre nerf de la guerre et guerre des nerfs

Executive Education
5
News
13th June 2022

An Innovation Camp to Promote Feminism and Women’s Leadership in International Law and Policy

Gender Centre
516
Events
9 December, 2020

Mr. Gay Syria

Gender Centre and Nicole Bourbonnais
5
Events
4 August, 2020

Favorisez l’intégration du genre dans le monde du développement

Executive Education
516
Events
20 October, 2022

Gendering transitional justice: a racialised construction of victimhood in post-revolutionary Tunisia

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
517
Events
12 April, 2018

Folding Business In, Folding Gender Out: A Critical Analysis of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative in Nigeria

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
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