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1. End discrimination against women and girls.
2. End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls.
3. Eliminate forced marriages and genital mutilation.
4. Value unpaid care and promote shared domestic responsibilities.
5. Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making.
6. Universal access to reproductive health and rights.
7. Equal rights to economic resources, property ownership and financial services.
8. Promote empowerment of women through technology.
9. Adopt and strengthen polices and enforceable legislation for Gender Equality.

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Goal 5: Gender equality - The Global Goals

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Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

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1. End discrimination against women and girls.
2. End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls.
3. Eliminate forced marriages and genital mutilation.
4. Value unpaid care and promote shared domestic responsibilities.
5. Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making.
6. Universal access to reproductive health and rights.
7. Equal rights to economic resources, property ownership and financial services.
8. Promote empowerment of women through technology.
9. Adopt and strengthen polices and enforceable legislation for Gender Equality.

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Goal 5: Gender equality - The Global Goals

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Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

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Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but it's necessary foundation for a peaceful, and sustainable world. Unfortunately, at the current time, 1 in 5 women and girls between the ages of 15-49 have reported experiencing physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner within a 12-month period and 49 countries currently have no laws protecting women from domestic violence.

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1. Alarming estimates
2. Catalyst for the book
3. Persisting inequalities

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Gender Equality Is Achievable In Our Lifetime: New Book Reveals How Laws Directly Impact Equality And The Global Economy

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Authors of the new book Equality Within Our Lifetimes share details and calls to action about how laws and policies can advance—or undermine—gender equality worldwide, what it will take to achieve equality, and how doing so will profoundly benefit the global economy.

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Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but it's necessary foundation for a peaceful, and sustainable world. Unfortunately, at the current time, 1 in 5 women and girls between the ages of 15-49 have reported experiencing physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner within a 12-month period and 49 countries currently have no laws protecting women from domestic violence.

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1. Alarming estimates
2. Catalyst for the book
3. Persisting inequalities

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Gender Equality Is Achievable In Our Lifetime: New Book Reveals How Laws Directly Impact Equality And The Global Economy

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Authors of the new book Equality Within Our Lifetimes share details and calls to action about how laws and policies can advance—or undermine—gender equality worldwide, what it will take to achieve equality, and how doing so will profoundly benefit the global economy.

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Gender equality means ensuring that both men and women enjoy equal rights and opportunities.

It is about putting an end to unfair treatment and violence against women and girls to create a world where everyone can succeed without fear or discrimination.
Most data reveals that access to quality education is crucial for everyone, regardless of their gender. Education empowers women and girls, making them strong and individuals.

Another part of Gender Equality is letting women have the same opportunities as men in politics, careers, and public life. Women are important in making decisions too.

No matters who they are, everyone deserves equal rights and opportunities. Gender equality is not just about being fair, it’s about building a better and stronger world.
To sum it up, gender equality means making sure that men and women have the same rights and chances, which helps create a fair and just society for everyone.

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It's important because it helps make our society fair and balanced, and it's a basic right for everyone. When everyone is treated equally, it makes our communities better and stronger.

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We need gender equality urgently. Gender equality prevents violence against women and girls. It's essential for economic prosperity. Societies that value women and men as equal are safer and healthier. Gender equality is a human right. Everyone benefits from gender equality.

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Gender equality: what is it and why do we need it?

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We need gender equality urgently. Find out what gender equality means and why it's important.

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There's many ways to take care of the problem of gender equality, in nowadays people should focus more on everyones rights.

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In order to fight poverty, we have to begin by investing in women. Tackling gender inequalities doesn't just affect women, but it can end global poverty - for everyone.

Achieving gender equality is key to ending extreme poverty. The evidence is clear: When women and girls have a quality education, access to healthcare, sustainable livelihoods, and a seat at the decision-making table, economies shift. Communities escape poverty permanently. There are many forms of gender inequality that perpetuate the cycle of poverty, and they all must be eliminated in order to make true progress. Here are seven examples.

1. Gender bias in education

There are many ways that girls' education benefits economies and societies. Yet an estimated 130 million girls will never set foot inside a classroom. This not only means that they'll lose out on opportunities for better futures, but that the same will happen to their own children. Children of mothers who complete basic primary education, generally have better access to quality education and healthcare themselves. These are two of the basic building blocks of an empowered community. Child marriage, lack of adequate sanitation (especially for girls who are of menstruating age), and gendered violence in the classroom are some of the obstacles specific to girls when it comes to this very basic human right.

Financial and economic empowerment is one of the key factors in keeping the gender balance...well...out of balance. A 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF) report suggests that, if we keep at our current pace of correcting this imbalance, it will be another 100 years until women receive equal pay for equal work.

This isn't necessarily an issue that's divided between high-income and low-income countries, either. While that same WEF report ranks Burundi and Austria at approximately the same level of progress to closing their overall gender gap, Burundi is actually ahead of Austria in closing the gender wage gap by nearly 30 percentage points. Rwanda, which is one of the top 10 countries making progress towards closing the gender gap, still has work to do on closing the pay gap, and outranks the United States in both overall and wage gap-specific progress.

Ensuring that women not only earn the same salaries as their male counterparts but also get the same access to economic independence boosts economies. It also means that other basic needs, like healthcare, education, and adequate food and water, are more likely to be available for the whole family.

3. Gender disparities in agriculture

Women make up nearly half of all farmers (possibly more), yet they have less productive fields than men. Why? Gender disparity.

Reports show that women have less access to critical tools and resources like fertiliser, seeds, training, and farm labour. Even when they receive equal access to these resources, it often doesn't lead to equality of income. As the primary caretakers of children, women struggle to get their goods to market, particularly in rural areas. Reduced harvests and access mean reduced income, which is all the more damaging because women tend to reinvest their earnings back into their families and their community. When women don't earn as much, everyone loses.

Understanding this basic question has led us to join the Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance. One of the Alliance's primary goals is to empower women farmers ensuring they can increase their productivity. Last year in northern Ethiopia we distributed seeds, tools, and training to over 3,000 women for use in backyard gardening. The goal was for them to diversify both their own diets and those of their children. They could grow a range of plants appropriate to their environment and also proven to fight malnutrition. The resulting vegetable and fruit gardens covered over 485 hectares of land.

4. Poor access to healthcare

It isn't surprising that people living in poverty have less access to quality healthcare. But it's not just a symptom of poverty; it's also a cause of poverty. This is particularly true for women and girls, as gender inequality contributes to high levels of female mortality. Each day, almost 1,000 women die from preventable complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. The chronic absence of healthcare, combined with the ongoing, unnecessary loss of so many women result in massive negative impacts on families and communities. Children of sick mothers are less likely to access healthcare themselves, and older children are usually forced to drop out of school to take care of younger siblings and contribute to the household.

Concern works every day with communities across the world to change this tragic narrative. For example, through programs like Chipatala Cha Pa Foni in Malawi, we have demonstrated how to improve home-based care using mobile phone technology, while also helping women know when and where to go if they do need medical treatment.

5. The high price of collecting water

Simply put, water is a women's issue. More than 2 billion people worldwide don't have access to clean water at home. According to UNICEF, women and girls spend a collective 200 million hours sourcing water every day. This is time that they could spend studying in school, in employment, or running their own businesses. One study shows that school attendance increased by as much as 12% when water was available within 15 minutes of home. Every minute that a woman spends collecting water, is a minute lost, that could be used to earn and save money.

6. Child marriage and other forms of gender-based violence

According to UNICEF, today more than 700 million women were married before they turned 18. More than a third of that number - about 250 million - were married before the age of 15. Compare that to 156 million boys married before the age of 18, and it's clear that child marriage affects girls much more than boys. But how is child marriage linked to poverty? Girls who marry young are less likely to receive a complete or quality education, and child brides often suffer from higher discrimination, violence, and increased maternal mortality rates.

Forced and early marriage is one of many forms of violence against women and girls. This includes sexual violence, female genital mutilation, trafficking, and honour killings. All forms of gender-based violence (GBV) contribute to the belief that men and women can be treated differently, based on gender stereotypes that vary from culture to culture. While these harmful practices remain in place, the rights of women will continue to be tied up with the false belief that these forms of violence are part of the norm and acceptable.

7. Lack of representation for women and girls at the policy level

Keeping women away from the decision-making table means that legislation and public policy is unlikely to be created equitably. Consider, for instance, the lack of recognition for unpaid care and domestic work. Or consider, at a higher level of severity, the threats that women face every day based entirely on their gender.

Decades of crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo have, by UN estimates, left over 1 million women the victims of GBV and assault. Up to 52% of women in the DRC are survivors of domestic violence. Nearly 40% reported being threatened or injured. In Tanganyika Province, we're working with extremely poor and marginalised households through our Graduation programme, which builds sustainable livelihoods one-by-one. Part of that process hinges upon women playing a full role in the decision-making process at home and in their communities. Our annual survey of the community showed that two-thirds of both men and women said that women were more involved in decision making. It's a small step, but a giant leap for gender equality in the DRC.

Concern and Gender Equality

The United Nations identifies gender equality as Goal #5 of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals to hit by 2030. To reach this, our approach at Concern is to address the root causes of gender disparity. Many of these causes are similar to the factors that perpetuate global poverty and hunger.

The closer we can get to work that's transforming gender inequality versus simply being aware of it, the closer we can get to actual gender equality.

You can support our work by donating today.

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Gender equality now: 7 injustices we need to address to change the world

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In order to fight poverty, we have to begin by investing in women. Tackling these seven gender inequalities won't just affect women. In fact, it can help to end global poverty for everyone.

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How Gender Inequality and climate change are interconnected

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How Gender Inequality and climate change are interconnected

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Women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change, which amplifies existing gender inequalities and poses unique threats to their livelihoods, health, and safety. Farming is the most important employment sector for women in low-and lower-middle income countries, during periods of drought, women, as agricultural workers and primary procurers, work harder to secure income and resources for their families.

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Explainer: How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected | UN Women – Headquarters

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Gender inequality coupled with the climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time. It poses threats to ways of life, livelihoods, health, safety and security for women and girls around the world.