05 Gender Equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Targets

  • End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
  • 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
  • Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
  • 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
  • Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decisionmaking in political, economic and public life
  • 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
  • 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
  • Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
  • 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
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The Global Goals for Sustainable Development
05 Gender Equality
5.1 End all forms of discrimination against women everywhere
5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women
5.3 Eliminate all early & forced marriage & female genital mutilation
5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work
5.5 Ensure full and effective participation & equal opportunities
5.6 Universal access to sexual and reproductive health & rights
5.a Give women equal rights to economic resources
5.b Use enabling technology to promote the empowerment of women
5.c Adopt sound policies to promote gender equality and empowerment
08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
03: Good Health & Well-being
04: Quality Education
06: Clean Water & Sanitation
07: Affordable & Clean Energy
08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
13: Climate Action
10: Reduced Inequalities
16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions
10.3 Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome
03: Good Health & Well-being
04: Quality Education
06: Clean Water & Sanitation
07: Affordable & Clean Energy
08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
10: Reduced Inequalities
11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
12: Responsible Consumption & Production
13: Climate Action
14: Life Below Water
16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions
17: Partnership for the Goals
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