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News
1st May 2021

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

Gender Centre
5
News
26th November 2020

The Missing Life Stories of India’s Sex Workers

Gender Centre
Events
22–24 May 2024

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

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
25
Publications
Journal article, 28 March, 2019

Performative technologies: agricultural research for development and gender

Elisabeth Prügl
516
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20th June 2019

Gender equality as a resource for peace

Gender Centre
5
Events
1 April, 2021

How to (not?) know the Ethiopian Woman and her Hidden Desires

Gender Centre
5
Publications
Journal article, 1 February, 2019

Gender expertise in global governance contesting the boundaries of a field

Elisabeth Prügl
5
Events
24 November, 2020

Feminist whiteness, feminist ethical responsibility and femoresistance

Gender Centre
5
Events
8 March, 2018

Engaging men and boys in gender equality: game changer or gamble?

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
Research
Master thesis in progress

Multinational corporations as partners for SDG implementation: evolution from ‘doing no harm’ to ‘doing good’

Esther May
516
Events
11 June, 2020

African women in films about African colonial and postcolonial conflicts

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
News
6th December 2021

Students Present “Blue Peace” Project at World Conservation Congress

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