Question

Which United Nations Sustainable Development Goal is specifically about achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls?

• A. Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being)
• B. Goal 4 (Quality Education)
• C. Goal 5 (Gender Equality)
• D. Goal 10 (Reduced Inequalities)

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Goal 5 (Gender Equality)

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Gender Equality

• The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a 'blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all'. They were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030.

• SDG 5: Gender Equality is one of the 17 SDGs. It specifically aims to:

  • Achieve gender equality.

  • Empower all women and girls.

• Key Targets under SDG 5:

  • Ending all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.

  • Eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and other types of exploitation.

  • Eliminating all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

  • Recognizing and valuing 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 appropriate.

  • Ensuring women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.

  • Ensuring 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.

  • Undertaking reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, including access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national legislation.

  • Enhancing the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communication technologies, to promote the empowerment of women.

  • Adopting and strengthening sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.