Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Why is this important?
SDG 5 aspires to promote gender equality in the public and private realms by eradicating all forms of discrimination, violence, and harmful behaviours against women and girls. It also advocates for women's full involvement and equal leadership possibilities at all levels of political and economic decision-making.
Gender equality is not just a basic human right, but also a prerequisite for a world that is peaceful, affluent, and sustainable.
Over the last few decades, progress has been made: more girls are attending school, fewer girls are being coerced into early marriages, more women are serving in parliament and in positions of leadership, and laws are being modified to promote gender equality.
TARGETS:
5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
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
5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
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
5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decisionmaking in political, economic and public life.
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
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
5.B Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
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