Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal
5: Achieve gender equality and empower all
women and girls
women and girls
While
the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment
under the Millennium Development Goals (including equal access to primary
education between girls and boys), women and girls continue to suffer
discrimination and violence in every part of the world.Gender equality is not
only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful,
prosperous and sustainable world.Providing women and girls with equal access to
education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and
economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit
societies and humanity at large.
Gender equality by 2030 requires urgent action to eliminate the many root causes of discrimination that still curtail women’s rights in private and public spheres. For example, discriminatory laws need to change and legislation adopted to proactively advance equality. Yet 49 countries still lack laws protecting women from domestic violence, while 39 bar equal inheritance rights for daughters and sons.
ReplyDeleteEmpowering women and girls to reach their full potential requires that they have equal opportunities to those of men and boys. This means eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against them, including violence by intimate partners, sexual violence and harmful practices, such as child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM).
ReplyDeleteThe women have better access to paid employment, sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, and real decision-making power in public and private spheres will further ensure that development is equitable and sustainable.
ReplyDeleteGender inequalities are still deeply rooted in every society. Many women still lack access to employment opportunities, basic education, and healthcare, and they're often subjected to violence and discrimination. The math is simple: in countries where there's higher equality, there's less poverty, more economic growth, and a higher standard of living. Let's improve opportunities for everyone by dismantling barriers to women's participation in economic, social and political life.
ReplyDeleteGender equality, also known as sexual equality, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the ..
ReplyDeleteGender equality, also known as sexual equality, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender.
ReplyDeleteGender equality, equality between men and women, entails the concept that all human beings, both men and women, are free to develop their personal abilities and make choices without the limitations set by stereotypes, rigid gender roles and prejudices. Gender equality means that the different behaviour, aspirations and needs of women and men are considered, valued and favoured equally. It does not mean that women and men have to become the same, but that their rights, responsibilities and opportunities will not depend on whether they are born male or female. Gender equity means fairness of treatment for women and men, according to their respective needs. This may include equal treatment or treatment that is different but which is considered equivalent in terms of rights, benefits, obligations and opportunities.
ReplyDeleteRecognise 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.
ReplyDeleteEnsure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political economic and public life
ReplyDeleteEnhance the use of enabling Technology in particular Information and Communication Technology to promote the empowerment of women
ReplyDeleteUndertake 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
ReplyDeleteAdopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for promotion of gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
ReplyDeleteAnd all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
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ReplyDeleteFGM is a human rights violation that affects girls and women worldwide, especially in countries where it is an entrenched social norm. At least 200 million have been cut in the 30 countries where the practice is concentrated and that have representative prevalence data. Rates of FGM overall have declined by more than 25 per cent over the last three decades
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Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender.
Gender equality, equality between men and women, entails the concept that all human beings, both men and women, are free to develop their personal abilities and make choices without the limitations set by stereotypes, rigid gender roles and prejudices. Gender equality means that the different behaviour, aspirations and needs of women and men are considered, valued and favoured equally.
ReplyDeleteIt does not mean that women and men have to become the same, but that their rights, responsibilities and opportunities will not depend on whether they are born male or female. Gender equity means fairness of treatment for women and men, according to their respective needs. This may include equal treatment or treatment that is different but which is considered equivalent in terms of rights, benefits, obligations and opportunities.
ReplyDeleteGender equality is the goal, while gender neutrality and gender equity are practices and ways of thinking that help in achieving the goal. Gender parity, which is used to measure gender balance in a given situation, can aid in achieving gender equality but is not the goal in and of itself. Gender equality is more than equal representation, it is strongly tied to women's rights, and often requires policy changes. As of 2017, the global movement for gender equality has not incorporated the proposition of genders besides women and men, or gender identities outside of the gender binary.
ReplyDeleteGender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when the different behaviours, aspirations and needs of women and men are equally valued and favoured.
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Just over half (52 per cent) of women between 15 and 49 years of age who are married or in union make their own decisions about consensual sexual relations and use of contraceptives and health services. That statistic is based on available data from around 2012 for 45 countries, 43 of which are in developing regions.
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Globally, women’s participation in single or lower houses of national parliaments reached 23.4 per cent in 2017, just 10 percentage points higher than in 2000. Such slow progress suggests that stronger political commitment and more ambitious measures and quotas are needed to boost women’s political participation and empowerment.
ReplyDeleteWomen are still underrepresented in managerial positions. In the majority of the 67 countries with data from 2009 to 2015, fewer than a third of senior- and middle-management positions were held by women.
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The average amount of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work is more than threefold higher for women than men, according to survey data from 83 countries and areas. Available data indicate that time spent on domestic chores accounts for a large proportion of the gender gap in unpaid work.
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. Nevertheless, prevalence remains high in some of the 30 countries with representative data. In those countries, survey data from around 2015 indicate that more than 1 in 3 girls between 15 and 19 years of age have undergone the procedure compared to nearly 1 in 2 girls around 2000.
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recognise 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 household and the family as Nationally appropriate.
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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.
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Gender equality and women’s empowerment is recognized as a cross-cutting priority across all aspects of UNEP’s work. UNEP promotes men and women’s participation in all environmental protection and sustainable development activities.
ReplyDeleteKey UN conventions and agreements which provide the global mandate for achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment include:
The United Nations Charter (1945)
The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimintation against Women (CEDAW 1979)
United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development and Agenda 21 (UNCED 1992)
United Nations Conference on Women: equality, development, peace and Platform for Action (Beijing 1995)
Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Future We Want (Rio+20 2012)