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

Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders

FEAST 2008 Warrenton VA USA F

Familles du Monde

FaMiDo 2003 Waterloo Belgium G

Family Africa

TFA 2004 Johannesburg South Africa G

Family Equality Coalition

1979 Boston MA USA N

Family for Every Child

London UK F

Family Planning 2030

FP2030 2020 Washington DC USA F y

Farm Concern International

FCI Nairobi Kenya F

Farm Radio International

1979 Ottawa ON Canada F

Federación Iberoamericana de Mujeres Empresarias

FIDE 1990 Madrid Spain D y

Federación Iberoamericana de Ombudsman

FIO 1996 Madrid Spain D

Federación Internacional de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones

FIAP Santiago Chile D

Federación Latinoamericana de Ciudades, Municipios y Asociaciones de Gobiernos Locales

FLACMA 1981 Mexico City Mexico D

Federación Latinoamericana de Psiquiatria de la Infancia, Adolescencia, Familia y Profesiones Afines

FLAPIA 1995 D

Fédération européenne du commerce chimique

Fecc 1954 Brussels Belgium D

Federation for Associations Connected to the International Humana People to People Movement

1991 Harare Zimbabwe K

Federation International Football Skating

FIFS Austin TX USA C

Fédération internationale culturelle féminine

FICF 1961 Paris France D

Fédération Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport

FICS 1987 Lausanne Switzerland B

Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique

FIGO 1954 London UK B

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

FIM 1904 Mies Switzerland B y

Fédération internationale de SAMBO

FIAS 1984 Lausanne Switzerland C

Fédération Internationale de Teqball

FITEQ 2017 Budapest Hungary C

Fédération internationale de volleyball

FIVB 1947 Lausanne Switzerland B y

Fédération internationale des clubs de motorhomes

FICM 1976 Arras France D

Fédération Internationale Sport pour Tous

FISpT 1982 Manama Bahrain B

Fédération internationale syndicale de l'enseignement

FISE 1946 B y

Fédération Mondiale des Zones Franches

FEMOZA 1999 Geneva Switzerland F

Federation of African University Sports

FASU 1974 Kampala Uganda D

Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas

FAWCO 1931 New York NY USA E

Federation of Asia-Pacific Women's Associations

FAWA 1959 Manila Philippines D

Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists

FAOBMB 1989 Bangi Malaysia D

Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations

FECAVA 1990 Brussels Belgium D y

Federation of European National Statistical Societies

FENStatS Luxembourg Luxembourg D

Federation of International Touch

FIT 1985 C

Federation of International Women's Associations in London

FIWAL 1986 London UK G y

Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Neurosciences

FALAN 2009 Montevideo Uruguay D

Federation of University Women of Africa

FUWA Kampala Uganda D

Fellowship of the Least Coin

FLC 1956 Iloilo Philippines E

Female-to-Male International

FTM International 1986 San Francisco CA USA N

FemCities

1997 J

Femconsult - Consultants on Gender and Development

1985 The Hague Netherlands G

Féminin Pluriel

FP 1992 Paris France G

Feminist Articulation Marcosur

FAM 2000 Montevideo Uruguay F y

Feminist International Radio Endeavour

FIRE 1991 Mora Costa Rica G

femLINKpacific

2000 Suva Fiji G

Femmes Africa solidarité

FAS 1996 Geneva Switzerland F

Femmes chefs d'entreprises mondiales

FCEM 1945 Charenton France C

Femmes de l'Eurégio Meuse-Rhin

1975 Übach-Palenberg Germany E

Femmes internationales murs brisés

FIMB 1990 Toulouges France G

Femmes Leaders

2000 Clermont-Ferrand France N

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