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Gender Equality (Mixed media product, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as
biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health
and living conditions, especially but not only in developing
countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to
search for integrated solutions to make development more
sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and
approved the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". On 1st
January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the
Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three
dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social
inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in
an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each devoted to one
of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 5, namely "Achieve gender
equality and empower all women and girls" and contains the
description of a range of terms, which allows a better
understanding and fosters knowledge. This SDG is considered by many
as a pivotal goal since the significant role of women in achieving
sustainable development has always been acknowledged in several
official UN declarations. Yet gender disparity is still rampant
under various guises in various countries. Women's rights need to
be strongly safeguarded through legislation to ensure equal
opportunities. Concretely, the defined targets are: End all forms
of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere 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 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child,
early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation 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 Ensure women's full and effective
participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels
of decision-making in political, economic and public life 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 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 Enhance the
use of enabling technology, in particular information and
communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
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 Editorial Board Katarzyna Cichos, Vijaya
Deshmukh, Melissa Haeffner, Sandra Hopkins, Tamara Hunt, Nerise
Johnson, Chhabi Kumar, Julia Mambo, Anagha Paul, Andreia Faraoni
Freitas Setti, Tony Wall
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