Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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

Gender Equality


Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been progress over the last decades, but the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030.

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and therefore also half of its potential. But gender inequality persists everywhere and stagnates social progress.
On average, women in the labor market still earn 23 percent less than men globally and women spend about three times as many hours in unpaid domestic and care work as men.

Sexual violence and exploitation, the unequal division of unpaid care and domestic work, and discrimination in public office, all remain huge barriers. All these areas of inequality have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic: there has been a surge in reports of sexual violence, women have taken on more care work due to school closures, and 70% of health and social workers globally are women.

At the current rate, it will take an estimated 300 years to end child marriage, 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discriminatory laws, 140 years for women to be represented equally in positions of power and leadership in the workplace, and 47 years to achieve equal representation in national parliaments.

Political leadership, investments and comprehensive policy reforms are needed to dismantle systemic barriers to achieving Goal 5 Gender equality is a cross-cutting objective and must be a key focus of national policies, budgets and institutions.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Childbirth Survival International

CSI Baltimore MD USA G

ChildHope UK

1989 London UK G

Children in Crossfire

1996 Londonderry UK J

Children's Rights Advocacy and Lobby Mission - Africa

CALM Africa 2004 Kampala Uganda G

Children's Rights European Academic Network

CREAN 2004 Sion Switzerland F

ChildRights International Research Institute

1992 New York NY USA G j

ChildX

2014 Stockholm Sweden G f

Chol-Chol Foundation

1971 Temuco Chile G f

Christian Action

1985 Kowloon Hong Kong G

Christian Committee for Human Rights in Latin America

1976 Montréal QC Canada G

Christian Conference of Asia

CCA 1959 Chiang Mai Thailand D

Christian Democratic Women of America

CDWA 1967 Caracas Venezuela F

Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society

CISRS 1957 Bangalore India G j

Christian World Service

CWS 1942 Christchurch New Zealand G

Church Women United

CWU 1941 New York NY USA G

Church World Service

CWS 1946 Elkhart IN USA G

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland

CTBI London UK N

CIMADE

1939 Paris France G

Cine-Regio

2005 Brussels Belgium D

Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

CAWT 1989 Geneva Switzerland F v

Circle of Health International

COHI Austin TX USA G

CISV International

1950 London UK F

Citizens for Europe

CFEU 2010 F y

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

1993 Johannesburg South Africa F y

Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation

CANSO 1996 Soesterberg Netherlands C

Civil Liberties Union for Europe

Liberties Berlin Germany F

Civil Rights Defenders

1982 Stockholm Sweden G

Civil Society Europe

2014 Brussels Belgium E y

Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding

CSPPS The Hague Netherlands F y

Civil Volunteer Group

1971 Bologna Italy G

Clean Clothes Campaign

CCC 1990 Amsterdam Netherlands F

Clean Cooking Alliance

2010 Washington DC USA E

Climate and Development Knowledge Network

CDKN 2010 Cape Town South Africa F y

Clooney Foundation for Justice

CFJ 2016 G f

Clowns Without Borders International

CWBI Barcelona Spain F

Club of Rome

COR 1968 Winterthur Switzerland F

CNCD Opération 11 11 11

1966 Brussels Belgium G

Coaches Across Continents

CAC 2008 Watertown MA USA G

Coalición Regional contra el Tráfico de Mujeres y Niñas en América Latina y el Caribe

CATWLAC 1994 Mexico City Mexico F

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women

CATW 1988 New York NY USA F

Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

African Court Coalition 2003 Arusha Tanzania UR E y

Coalition for Fair Fisheries Agreements

CFFA 1992 Brussels Belgium E

Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies

CSBR 2001 Surabaya Indonesia D y

Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights

CDHR 1993 G

Coalition of Agricultural Workers International

CAWI 2005 Penang Malaysia C y

Coalition of Women in Africa for Peace and Development

COWAP Abuja Nigeria D

CODE

1959 Ottawa ON Canada G

Coimbra Group

1985 Brussels Belgium F

Collaborative Intergovernmental Scientific Research Institute

CISRI 2000 Novara Italy E gj

Collège européen de sécurité et de défense

CESD 2005 Brussels Belgium E

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