5. Gender Equality

Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

5.1  End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.

5.2  Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other forms of exploitation.

5.3  Eliminate all harmful practices, such as early, forced and child marriages and female genital mutilation.

5.4  Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work by providing public services, infrastructure, and social protection policies, as well as promoting shared responsibility within the home and family, according to national contexts.

5.5  Ensure the full and effective participation of women and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.

5.6  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.

5.a  Implement reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance, and natural resources, in accordance with national laws.

5.b  Increase the use of grassroots technologies, in particular information and communication technologies, to promote women's empowerment.

5.c  Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation to promote gender equality and empower all women and girls at all levels.