Sustainable

Developments
Goals
Emphasis on GOAL 5 GENDER EQUALITY

Priscillia T. Guladiah, Presenter

 Hello!
I am Priscillia T. Guladiah.
I am here because I am concern about Women
and Girls, I would love to present to you shortly
my case.
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 What is Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)?

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 Introduction

In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030.

These goals have the power to end poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change.

Guided by the goals, it is now up to all of us, governments, businesses, civil society and the general public to
work together to build a better future for everyone.

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The 17 SDGs

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Goal 5 Gender
Equality
Achieve gender equality and empower
all women and girls
Goal 5
Targets

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 types of exploitation

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

5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through
the provision of public services, infrastructure and social
protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility
7 within the household and the family as nationally appropriate Contd…
Goal 5
Targets

5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation 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 Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic

resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land
and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and
8 natural resources, in accordance with national laws Contd…
Goal 5
Targets

5.B Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular

information and communications technology, to promote the
empowerment of women

5.C Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable

legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls at all levels

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 Facts &
Figures

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 Child Marrage and Female
Genital Mutilation

▰ Globally, 750 ▰ The rates of girls between

million women and 15-19 who are subjected to
girls were married FGM (female genital
before the age of mutilation) in the 30
18 and at least countries where the
200 million women practice is concentrated
and girls in 30 have dropped from 1 in 2
countries have girls in 2000 to 1 in 3 girls
undergone FGM. by 2017.
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 Violence Against Women

▰ In 18 countries, husbands One in five women and girls,

can legally prevent their including 19 per cent of women
wives from working; in 39 and girls aged 15 to 49, have
countries, daughters and experienced physical and/or
sons do not have equal sexual violence by an intimate
inheritance rights; and 49 partner with the last 12 months.
countries lack laws Yet, 49 countries have no laws that
protecting women from specifically protect women from
domestic violence. such violence.
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 Women Political Rights

▰ Only 52 per cent of ▰ While women have made

women married or in a important inroads into political
union freely make their office across the world, their
own decisions about representation in national
sexual relations, parliaments at 23.7 per cent is
contraceptive use and still far from parity.
health care. ▰ In 46 countries, women now
▰ Globally, women are just hold more than 30 per cent of
13 per cent of seats in national parliament in
agricultural land holders. at least one chamber.
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 Women rights to Equal
Opportunities.
Women in Northern Africa▰ More than 100 countries have
hold less than one in five taken action to track budget
paid jobs in the non- allocations for gender equality.
agricultural sector. The ▰ In Southern Asia, a girl’s risk of
proportion of women in marrying in childhood has
paid employment outside dropped by over 40% since
the agriculture sector has 2000
increased from 35 per
cent in 1990 to 41 per
cent in 2015.
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 To Conclude

▰ Understanding these raw facts there are

lot to be done; men are still dominating in
all sectors. Its time that the men step
aside for women to take action!

▰ #WomenTakeAction!
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 Thanks!
Any questions?

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Priscillia T. Guladiah