Sustainable Development Goal 5

Sustainable Development Goal 5
Sustainable Development Goal 5
Mission statement	"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls"
Commercial?	No
Type of project	Sustainable Development Goal
Location	Global
Founder	United Nations
Established	2015
Website	sdgs.un.org

Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5 or Global Goal 5) concerns gender equality and is fifth of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by United Nations in 2015. The 17 SDGs recognize that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability.^[1]

SDG 5 has nine targets and 14 indicators. Six of the targets are outcome targets:

ending all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
ending violence and exploitation of women and girls
eliminating harmful practices such as child early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
increasing value of unpaid care and promoting shared domestic responsibilities
ensuring full participation of women in leadership and decision-making
ensuring access to universal reproductive rights and health.

The three means of implementation targets^[2] are:

fostering equal rights to economic resources, property ownership, and financial services for women
promoting empowerment of women through technology
adopting and strengthening policies for gender equality, and supporting legislation to enforce it.^[3]

Through the pledge to "Leave No One Behind", countries have committed to fast-track progress for those furthest behind first.^[4]^: 54 SDG 5 aims to grant women and girls equal rights and opportunities to live free of violence and discrimination, including in the workplace.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected women as they are more vulnerable and have reduced access to treatment.^[5] Evidence shows there has been an increase in violence against women during the pandemic.^[6]

^ "A Systems Approach to Global Sustainability". Future Earth. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ Bartram, Jamie; Brocklehurst, Clarissa; Bradley, David; Muller, Mike; Evans, Barbara (December 2018). "Policy review of the means of implementation targets and indicators for the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation". npj Clean Water. 1 (1): 3. doi:10.1038/s41545-018-0003-0. S2CID 169226066. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
^ "Goal 5: Gender Equality - SDG Tracker". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ Sustainable development goals report 2016. New York: United Nations. 2016. ISBN 978-92-1-101340-5. OCLC 959869696. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ Leal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Lange Salvia, Amanda; Rayman-Bacchus, Lez; Platje, Johannes (1 July 2020). "COVID-19 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Threat to Solidarity or an Opportunity?". Sustainability. 12 (13): 5343. doi:10.3390/su12135343. ISSN 2071-1050. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
^ Onyango, Monica Adhiambo. "Sexual and gender-based violence during COVID-19: lessons from Ebola". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

[1] "A Systems Approach to Global Sustainability". Future Earth. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

[:22-2] Bartram, Jamie; Brocklehurst, Clarissa; Bradley, David; Muller, Mike; Evans, Barbara (December 2018). "Policy review of the means of implementation targets and indicators for the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation". npj Clean Water. 1 (1): 3. doi:10.1038/s41545-018-0003-0. S2CID 169226066. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

[:62-3] "Goal 5: Gender Equality - SDG Tracker". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[:1-4] Sustainable development goals report 2016. New York: United Nations. 2016. ISBN 978-92-1-101340-5. OCLC 959869696. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[5] Leal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Lange Salvia, Amanda; Rayman-Bacchus, Lez; Platje, Johannes (1 July 2020). "COVID-19 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Threat to Solidarity or an Opportunity?". Sustainability. 12 (13): 5343. doi:10.3390/su12135343. ISSN 2071-1050. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

[6] Onyango, Monica Adhiambo. "Sexual and gender-based violence during COVID-19: lessons from Ebola". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

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