Achieving gender equality: measuring progress and advocating for systems change

Partners
UN Women; Women@theTable; Women's Major Group; Center for Migration, Gender and Justice
Description

It was focused on understanding where we are on achieving the SDGs from a gender equality perspective and how, through bold and accelerated action, this bleak picture can be transformed so that we can get back on track to achieving gender equality. The session was divided into four parts dealing with the following topics: Introduction: Status of data availability on the SDGs from a gender perspective, Data Gaps/Challenges: Spotlight AI, Data Tools: SDG5 Tracker and GenderMigration Index (GMI), and Data to Action: insights from Civil Society Advocacy

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Date / Time
7 July 2022
Venue
Virtual
Series
2022
SDG Wheel SDGs
Themes
Gender equality and women’s empowerment

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SDG 5 progress snapshot

SDG 5

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Gender equality and women’s empowerment

Gender equality and women’s empowerment

Since its creation 70 years ago, the UN has achieved important results in advancing gender equality, from the establishment of the Commission on the Status of Women - the main global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women - through the adoption of various landmark agreements such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
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