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

Association nationale et internationale de loisirs de rencontres et d'éducation pour les enfants et adolescents précoces

ALREP 1981 Nîmes France N

Association of ACP National Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Other Economic Operators

ACP Chambers 1981 Brussels Belgium D t

Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils

AASSREC 1973 Canberra ACT Australia D

Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars

ACWWS 1994 Washington DC USA N

Association of Charity Lotteries in Europe

ACLEU 2007 Amsterdam Netherlands D

Association of Commonwealth Universities, The

ACU 1913 London UK C y

Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa

ACWECA Nairobi Kenya J

Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members

AFUS Paris 1972 Paris France E v

Association of Interbalkan Women's Cooperation Societies, Thessaloniki

AIWCS 1992 Thessaloniki Greece D

Association of National Olympic Committees

ANOC 1979 Lausanne Switzerland B y

Association of Nordic and Pol-Balt LGBTQ Student Organizations

ANSO Warsaw Poland D

Association of Nordic Engineers

ANE 2007 Copenhagen Denmark D

Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen

2002 Barcelona Spain D y

Association of Paralympic Sports Organisations

APSO 2017 B y

Association of Paroling Authorities International

APAI 1960 Huntsville TX USA G

Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning

ASAIHL 1956 Bangkok Thailand D

Association of Women Managers in the Maritime Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa

WOMESA 2007 Mombasa Kenya D

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

AWHONN 1969 Washington DC USA G

Association of World Citizens

AWC 1975 Novato CA USA F

Association pour la promotion des droits de l'homme en Afrique centrale

APDHAC 1997 Yaoundé Cameroon G

Association Rencontre CEFIR

1975 Dunkerque France G

Association Roger Riou

1975 Paris France G

Associazione A Sud Ecologia e Cooperazione

A Sud 2003 Rome Italy G

Associazione Amici dei Bambini

AiBi 1986 San Giuliano Milanese Italy G

Associazione Botteghe del Mondo

1979 Sementina Switzerland G

Associazione Internazionale della Pace e Diritti Umani

AIDP Rome Italy N

Associazione Mondo Giusto

AMG 1972 Lecco Italy G

Associazione per la Cooperazione Internazionale allo Sviluppo, ETS

COOPERMONDO 2007 Rome Italy G

Associazione per la Cooperazione Internazionale e l'Aiuto Umanitario

ALISEI 1998 Milan Italy G

ASTRA - Central and Eastern European Women's Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

ASTRA Network 1999 Warsaw Poland F

ATHENA Network

ATHENA 2006 F y

Atlas Service Corps

2006 Washington DC USA G

ATP Tour

1990 Wimbledon UK F

Atria - Institute for Gender Equality and Women's History

1983 Amsterdam Netherlands G j

Aura Freedom International

Toronto ON Canada G

Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society

ACNS 2012 Newcastle NSW Australia G

Australasian Council of Women and Policing

ACWAP 1997 Woden ACT Australia G

Australasian Democratic Education Community

ADEC Lane Cove NSW Australia G

Australasian Human Development Association

AHDA 1994 Brisbane QLD Australia G

Australasian Performing Right Association

1926 St Leonards NSW Australia G

Australian Council for International Development

ACFID 1965 Deakin ACT Australia G y

Autre Terre

1982 Herstal Belgium F

AVI

1961 Fitzroy VIC Australia G

Aviation Security Services Association - International

ASSA-I 2002 Wemmel Belgium D

Avocats Sans Frontières

ASF 1992 Brussels Belgium F v

AVSI Foundation

1972 Milan Italy G f

B'nai B'rith International

BBI 1843 Washington DC USA C v

Badminton Europe

BEC 1967 Brøndby Denmark D

Balkan Civil Society Development Network

BCSDN 2003 Skopje North Macedonia F

Baltic Coalition for PLWHIV

NGO BaCo 2018 D

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