Gender equality as an accelerator for achieving SDGs (original) (raw)

TURNING PROMISES INTO ACTION: GENDER EQUALITY IN THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The report provides a snapshot of gender equality across all the 17 SDGs, providing evidence of how gender equality matters for each and every one of them. It presents global and regional averages for gender-specific indicators that can serve as baselines for future reporting and highlights the interlinkages between SDG 5 and other goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda.

Promoting gender equality across the sustainable development goals

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Gender issues, and gender equality in particular, can be regarded as cross-cutting issues in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), even though it is unclear how they are taken into account. This study addresses this information gap by performing an assessment of the emphasis on gender issues across all the other 16 SDGs, in addition to SDG5, through a literature review and case study analysis, the basis for the newly developed framework, highlighting specific actions associated to each SDG. The 13 countries addressed in the 16 case studies include China, India, or Australia and illustrate the inclusion of SDG5 into the SDGs. Using an SDG matrix, the SDG targets are analysed. Those where an emphasis on gender equality is important in allowing them to be achieved are listed. The novelty of our approach resides in offering an in-depth analysis of how gender issues interact with the other SDGs, proposing a new analysis framework clearly identifying SDGs 1, 4, 1...

The Global Context: Sustainable Development Goals and Gender Equality

Business Against Intimate Partner Violence, 2019

The 2030 Development Agenda, adopted unanimously by the 193 United Nations (UN) member countries on September 25, 2015, is a universal call to action for transforming the world to one that is free from poverty, inequality, violence, manmade natural disasters, and resource depletion for the current and future generations. The 2030 Agenda sets 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated Targets that represent a broad intergovernmental consensus on the world’s development priorities. The Goals were set through a participative process led by the UN, which included states, companies, civil society organizations, scientists, and experts over a period of 3 years. “Commitment to universal human rights” is depicted as the overarching normative and ethical framework for the SDGs.

GENDER EQUALITY A KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Indian Journal of Integrated Research in Law, 2023

Equality of sexes is termed as gender equality in terms of access to opportunities or the resources regardless of gender. Gender equality is necessary as it tends to prevent any form of violence against girls and women. This indicates that there is a political and economic participation including even equal decision making. In fact, achieving gender equality and empowerment of women is an integral part of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Gender equality thus indicates the state of valuing different aspirations, behaviours and needs equally, irrespective of gender. Gender equality, which is a human right, leads to economic, social and environmental prosperity. In 2022, the slogan on gender equality for sustainable tomorrow was "Gender Equality today for a Sustainable tomorrow" thereby laying emphasis on gender equality and sustainability. Even one of the goals under Agenda 2030 is on gender equality and empowering the girls and women, which acts as a driver of sustainable development in all its forms and dimensions. Gender equality, which is also a fundamental human right is a foundation for a prosperous, peaceful and sustainable societies.

Transformative Equality: Making the Sustainable Development Goals Work for Women

Ethics & International Affairs, 2016

It is generally agreed by most observers that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have fallen short of achieving gender equality and women's empowerment. Today, women continue to be more likely than men to live in poverty, and more than 18 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa are out of school. One of the crucial reasons for the failure of the MDGs in relation to women was their inability to address the deeply entrenched and interlocking factors that perpetuate women's disadvantage. The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as articulated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, constitute an improvement over the MDGs. Goal 5, which enshrines the stand-alone goal on gender equality, is comprised of nine specific targets, including the elimination of gender-based violence and access to reproductive health. In addition, gender equality is mainstreamed into numerous others goals. Given that the global community is now poised to implement the SDGs, the challenge is...

A Study on Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals from a Gender Equality Perspective

Global Journal of Nutrition & Food Science, 2019

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a landmark agreement negotiated and approved by the 193 Member States of the United Nations. Comprised of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 targets and 332 indicators, it aims to address the economic, social, environmental and political dimensions of sustainable development in a comprehensive and integrated way. The SDG Agenda is clear that achieving gender equality is not only an important goal in and of itself but also a catalyst for achieving a sustainable future for all. Progress on gender equality has been highly uneven across the different dimensions of the 2030 Agenda. In some areas, such as girls’ access to education, global improvement is undeniable yet insufficient, often leaving behind women and girls in the poorest households (SDG 4). In areas such as labor force participation (SDG 8) and innovation and knowledge creation (SDG 9), significant gender gaps remain, and progress has been minimal. In other cases, such as maternal mortality (SDG 3), progress is too slow and uneven to achieve SDG Target 3.1 by 2030. Similarly, while progress has been made towards eliminating the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) (SDG 5), this is not enough to keep up with population growth, meaning the number of women and girls undergoing FGM is likely to rise over the next 15 years. Unless progress on gender equality is accelerated, the global community will not only fail to achieve SDG 5, it will also forgo the catalytic effect that gender equality can have for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda more broadly. This paper shows that across countries and regions, women and girls face tremendous structural barriers that impact all aspects of their lives. Eliminating gender-specific constraints, as well as other forms of discrimination with which they intersect, is hence critical.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) AND GENDER EQUALITY

Gender Equality, 2018

ABSTRACK Gender equality is an important issue for various developing countries, one of which is Indonesia. Addressing gender equality issues must be understood and understood as a serious problem. Gender equality is very important because it can make the country better. In the SDGs, gender equality is stated as the 5th point. This stated that, the world agreed to achieve gender equality in any form throughout the world, including Indonesia.

Gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals

2016

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Women and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).pdf

Women and the changing World of Work, Planet 50-50 by 2030, 2017

History clearly highlights the status of women as weak and confined to household activities with no role in the state or society. Regions where women were treated low, and under mined with no place in the law or society mostly are from the under developing and developing nations today. This does not signify that it is the curse of those women that, these countries are still developing or under developed but the disparity and violence against women has been noticeably high mostly in the global south. With the advent of renaissance and industrial revolution and the rise of civil societies, peer groups and international organizations, the concept of gender equality has been promoted to the forefront mainly with respect to the facilitation of institutional and infrastructural help like education, health, basic loans and employment to women. The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have laid two special focuses with respect to women’s empowerment. SDG 5, ‘Gender Equality’ and SDG 10 ‘Reduced Inequalities’, which creates a sense of inclusiveness and collective responsibility of advocating a happy, healthy and sustainable society through stronger workplaces and partnerships. This paper clearly and briefly discusses SDGs and Women’s role in the present world and in the promotion of these global goals by highlighting the concept of not giving any special significance for women but encourage their participation in the various activities of society to create a better place for living though promotion faith, hope and love.