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1. A step in ending poverty, in some countries women:

are more likely to be in poverty

are not aloud to work

Not allowed to own land

Not allowed to have access to finances

2. Can help in boosting economies, some examples if women participated in the economy:

French: would grow by 17%

Japanese: would grow by 14%

US: would grow by 8.7%

India: would grow by 27%

3. Improve global health

830 women die a day from preventable complications of childbirth

Many women do not have access to reproductive healthcare

Many women are discriminated in hospitals

4. Improve access to education

132 million girls are not able to have access or complete education

Having access can improve: nutrition and child/maternity mortality

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1. End all forms of discrimination against women and girls

Legal frameworks to promote and monitor equality and discrimination

1. Equal pay?

2. Is marital rape criminalized?

3. Do married men and women have equal rights to property?

4. Are women who are married required to obey men by law?

5. Are there laws for paid/unpaid maternity leave?

6. If a women testifies does it carry the same weight as a man?

2. Eliminate all forms of violence against women (trafficking, sexual and exploitation)

3. Eliminate harmful practices (forced marriage, early marriage, genital mutilation)

4. Recognize unpaid and domestic work and promote shared responsibility in the household and family

5. Ensure women are able to participate and have equal opportunities in decisions for political economic and public decisions.

6. Ensure access to sexual/ reproductive health rights

7. Equal rights to economic resources and ownership/control (land, property, financial services)

8. Enabling technology to empower women

9. Strengthen the policies and legislation to help in promotion of gender equality

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https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs/sdg-5-gender-equality

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The Sustainable Development Agenda, adopted by UN Member States in 2015, set a 2030 deadline for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Now, with under 10 years left to meet it, the world is not on track. Amid the intersecting crises of COVID-19, the climate emergency, and rising economic and political insecurity, progress on gender equality has not only failed to move forward but has begun to reverse. Around the world, a growing backlash against women's rights is threatening even well-established freedoms and protections.

Without heightened commitment from the global community, gender equality will remain nothing more than an unrealized goal. The time to act and invest in women and girls is now.

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In focus: Sustainable Development Goal 5 | UN Women - Headquarters

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The Sustainable Development Agenda, adopted by UN Member States in 2015, set a 2030 deadline for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Now, with under 10 years left to meet it, the world is not on track.

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The nurse can play a major role in helping with gender equality through advocation, supporting, and speaking out:

During present time with isolation due to COVID-19 intimate partner violence (IPV) has been on the rise. A nurse can help to reduce IPV by advocating for the patient in screenings and providing support.

If there is a thought that a women/girl is being used in trafficking make sure to advocate for them and provide support.

In the healthcare setting nurses can be discriminated against in pay even though women make up about 90% of the nursing career. By supporting coworkers in rising into leadership positions they are able to push for equal pay.

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When it comes to gender equality there can be many barriers to care that a nurse can encounter when interacting with a patient:

If a women is involved in trafficking or violence they may be reluctant to speak out about it which can lead to:

1. The patient not speaking fulling about their current health condition can lead to missing information and possible misdiagnosis

2. The patient being unable to speak if their partner/trafficker is present

Due to unequal pay it may hard afford healthcare leading to health conditions worsening or not being diagnosed early enough or at all

Nurses have bias’s which can effect the way care is given due to assumptions rather than facts which can cause disruption in care

Early marriage

Genital mutilation

Not seeking care soon enough