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AGENDA 2030 - GOAL 5 GENDER EQUALITY
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AGENDA 2030
GOAL 5: GENDER EQUALITY
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan approved by the 193 member states of the United Nations on 25th September 2015. The goal is to achieve prosperity respecting the planet and human beings.
This Agenda is made up of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), divided into 169 targets, which should be achieved by 2030 with the intention of "leaving no one behind".
AGENDA 2030
17 SDGs
The 2030 Agenda is based on 5 priorities which are known as the 5Ps:
Partnership
Peace
People
Prosperity
Planet
5Ps
to end hunger and poverty and to guarantee dignity and equality to every human being
to promote peaceful and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence
to promote a partnership based on a spirit of solidarity and focused, in particular, on the needs of the most vulnerable.
to protect the planet from its destruction, to promote sustainability and to take concrete measures for climate change
to ensure prosperous lives to all human beings and the economic, social and technological progress in harmony with nature
Gender equality is the state in which access to rights and opportunities is unaffected by gender.
It is a fundamental right and contributes to making the world more peaceful, prosperous and sustainable.
Although women represent half of the world’s population and half of its potential, gender inequality persists and impedes social progress.
WHAT IS GENDER EQUALITY?
In some areas of the world, efforts made internationally have led to improvements: child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) have decreased and women’s political representation is higher than ever before.
Despite this progress there are still many obstacles that need to be overcome.
FACTS AND FIGURES
• Women are victims of unpaid domestic work.
• In some countries, access to health care or adequate nutrition is denied to girls, leading to a higher mortality rate.
• Disadvantages in education lead to a lack of skills and limited opportunities in the labour market.
• In 18 countries, husbands can legally prevent their wives from working.
• in 39 countries, daughters and sons do not have equal inheritance rights.
• Women are underrepresented at all levels of political leadership. While they have made important inroads into political office across the world, their representation in national parliaments at 23.7 per cent is still far from parity.
•Worldwide, 35 per cent of women between 15-49 years of age have experienced physical and/or sexual violence. Less than 40 per cent of women who experience violence report this crime or seek help. Being confined at home with an abusive partner and, in some countries, lacking access to mobile phones or the Internet, makes it more difficult for women to safely reach out for help.
• 1 in 3 girls aged 15-19 (200 million girls) have experienced some form of female genital mutilation/cutting in the 30 countries where the harmful practice is most common with a high risk of prolonged bleeding, infection (including HIV), childbirth complications, infertility and death.
• Globally, 750 million women and girls were married before the age of 18.
• in 49 countries there are no laws which protect women from domestic violence.
• Only 52 per cent of women married or in a union freely make their own decisions about sexual relations, contraceptive use and health care
In the last two years, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a regression and the progress could be reversed.
The role of women in this period is fundamental. They are part of the front line of healthcare workers and carers who respond to the needs of patients and people who necessitate assistance, both in hospitals and in homes. The increase in people who need assistance also increases the unpaid care work of women.
In an average day, women spend about three times as many hours in unpaid domestic and care work as men. A poll conducted in 17 countries shows that both women and men are taking more responsibility for household chores and the care of children and family during the lockdown, but the majority of work continues to fall on women and girls.
Furthermore, women are more affected by the economic consequences of Covid because they are part of insecure labour markets and are at greater risk of poverty.
The pandemic has also increased the phenomenon of violence against women and girls who, due to quarantine, are often forced to live with their abusers.
COVID-19 EFFECTS
For the economic recovery and sustainable development, it is important to put women and girls at the center of economies.
The Covid-19 response plans developed by UN Women include 4 main objectives:
including women and women’s organizations in COVID-19 response planning and decision-making
COVID-19 RESPONSE
transforming the inequities of unpaid care work into a new, inclusive care economy that works for everyone
designing socio-economic plans with an intentional focus on the lives and futures of women and girls
reducing gender-based violence, including domestic violence
GOAL 5 TARGETS
GENDER SNAPSHOT 2021
Over the years, the institutions and projects that support gender equality and, in particular, the empowerment of women, have grown more and more. Two of the most notable are UN Women and the Spotlight Initiative.
ACTIVE PROJECTS
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
It collaborates with UN member states to set goals that enable gender equality to be achieved.
To ensure that the standards are met and the goals achieved, UN Women works with governments to design laws, policies, programmes and services, putting gender equality at the center of the Sustainable Development Goals.
It focuses on 4 priorities:
UN Women
Women income security, decent work and economic autonomy
Ensuring that all women can lead, participate and benefit equally from governance systems.
A life free from all forms of violence for all women and girls
Enable women to contribute to building sustainable peace and resilience and equally benefit from the prevention of natural disasters, conflicts and humanitarian action
UN Women Strategic Plan 2022–2025
The Spotlight Initiative
Violence against women is one of the most widespread and serious violations of human rights.
The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.
The initiative is so called precisely because it focuses attention on this problem in order to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
It was launched in 2017 with an initial investment of EUR 500 million. The EU was the main contributor and was supported by the UN multi-stakeholder trust fund.
The Spotlight Initiative supports concrete measures to end violence. It gives prominence to prevention, protection and the provision of services, and makes efforts to ensure women's economic empowerment and participation in all aspects of society.
In August 2021, the US military left Afghanistan after 20 years and the Taliban immediately took control of the government and the country. This situation is very unfavorable for women because the new government does not recognize their rights. Despite repeated assurances by the Taliban that women's rights would be respected, severe restrictions have been placed on their access to education and work.
Education in lower grades is allowed only if classes are segregated by gender. Older girls, on the other hand, can no longer go to school, university or work.
The new government does not include any women as either ministers or deputy ministers and the protests made by women have been met with violence by the Taliban security forces.
During this year's G20, leaders of different countries discussed about this issue recognizing that it is inadmissible that similar human rights violations still occur in 2021 and that women are victims of dictatorial and sexist patriarchies.
AFGHANISTAN
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