Gender equality is the Goal 5 of the UNDP Sustainable Development Goals - globalgoals.org 
> Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
SDG5 Gender Equality
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# Targets 1. End Discrimination against women and girls 1. End All Violence against and Exploitation of women and girls 1. Eliminate Forced Marriages and Genital Mutilation 1. Value Unpaid Care and promote shared Domestic Responsibilities 1. Ensure full Participation in Leadership and decision-making 1. Universal Access to Reproductive Health and Rights 1. Equal Rights to Economic Resources, property ownership and Financial Services 1. Promote Empowerment of Women through technology 1. Adopt and strengthen policies and enforceable Legislation for Gender Eqaulity
# Description
According to the UN, "gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world." Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will nurture sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large - wikipedia
A record 143 countries guaranteed equality between men and women in their constitutions as of 2014. However, another 52 had not taken this step. In many nations, gender discrimination is still woven into the fabric of legal systems and social norms.
Even though SDG5 is a stand-alone goal, other SDGs can only be achieved if the needs of women receive the same attention as the needs of men. Issues unique to women and girls include traditional practices against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, such as female genital mutilation.
Child marriage has declined over the past decades, yet there is no region that is currently on track to eliminate the practice and reach SDG targets by 2030. If current trends continue, between 2017 and 2030, 150 million girls will be married before they turn 18. Though child marriages are four times higher among the poorest than the wealthiest in the world, most countries need to accelerate progress among both groups in order to reach the SDG Goal 5 target to eliminate child marriage by 2030.
Achieving gender equality will require enforceable legislation that promotes empowerment of all women and girls and requires secondary education for all girls. The targets call for an end to gender discrimination and for empowering women and girls through technology Some have advocated for "listening to girls". The assertion is that the SDGs can deliver transformative change for girls only if girls are consulted. Their priorities and needs must be taken into account. Girls should be viewed not as beneficiaries of change, but as agents of change. Engaging women and girls in the implementation of the SDGs is crucial.
The World Pensions & Investments Forum has insisted on the transformational role Gender diversity that boards can play in that regard, predicting that 2018 could be a pivotal year, as “more than ever before, many UK and European Union trustee speak enthusiastically about flexing their fiduciary muscles for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG5, and to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”
# See also
__Gender equality__, also known as __sexual equality__, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender - wikipedia
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