5. Gender Equality – SDG Report
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ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS.

Gender equality is a human right aiming to secure a fair distribution of power, influence and resources. Living a life in freedom without violence and discrimination is a fundamental human right and crucial for the development of the people and for society.

The ambition is that political, economic and social equality among all genders contributes to a positive development at all levels. Gender equality and women’s rights is a recurring theme in the SDGs, and is an essential issue that can enable success of the other UN Sustainability Goals by 2030. Learn more

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Target 5.1: End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.

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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.

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Target 5.3: Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Target 5.B: Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women.

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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.

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