510
Research
PhD thesis in progress

Migration, Gender, and family: the moral economy of transnational Cameroonian migrants remittances

Christina Atekmangoh
5
Events
28 October, 2021

Narratives of Neglect: Kenya’s Boy Child and the Gendered Language of Grievance

Isabel Pike and Gender Centre
516
News
11th June 2021

Gender and everyday peacebuilding: Insights from Indonesia and Nigeria

Gender Centre
Publications

Who Pays to Fulfill Health Rights? Aid Eligibility, Accountability and Fiscal Space

Sara Davis
35
Events
25 May, 2021

Shifting the paradigm for gender equity in health innovation: transforming research and development to better meet women’s needs

Global Health Centre
516
Publications
Working paper, 26 November, 2019

Women, peace and security an agenda for the Human Rights Council

Gender Centre
5
Events
14 April, 2022

“Confrontation is from Mars, Cooperation is from Venus”. Gendering Defence Cooperation in Europe

Gender Centre
Publications
Report, 22 September, 2021

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

Claire Ransom
News
11th July 2018

We need to talk about sexual violence against men

Gender Centre
Publications
Journal article, 14 January, 2019

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

Gender Centre
5
Events
7 December, 2017

The business of women’s empowerment in Rwanda

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
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