Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Sustainable Development Goal 5 aims to achieve gender equality and
empower all women and girls. It requires all countries to end discriminatory practices against women, physical and psychological violence, and sexual abuse. It promotes
respect for the human dignity of women, including their right to choose spouses at an appropriate age, as well as their right to develop their potential and access various forms of knowledge. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of equal political participation and employment opportunities for women. While regulations to prevent child marriage serve as one tool to address the problem of early marriage, in practice, it is necessary to consider cultural and religious sensitivities, as well as customs, traditions, and beliefs that have accumulated over time in each society. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased stress accumulation in society, leading to a rising trend of domestic violence, particularly against children and women who are vulnerable groups.
Target 5.1
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
Target 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
Target 5.3
Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Target 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 within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
Target 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
Target 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
Target 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 natural resources, in accordance with national laws
Target 5.B
Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
Target 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
