Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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 |
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United World Wrestling |
UWW | 1912 | Corsier-sur-Vevey | Switzerland | B | |
UnitedSuccess |
2008 | J | v | |||
UnitingWorld |
1977 | Sydney NSW | Australia | G | ||
UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme |
1992 | Paris | France | F | ||
Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council |
UNAccc | 2021 | Vadodara | India | G | |
Universal Association of Professional Colleges and Universities |
UAPCU | 2018 | Manila | Philippines | G | t |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
UDHR | 1948 | New York NY | USA | T | g |
Universal Peace and Violence Amelioration Centre |
UPVAC | 2015 | Jos | Nigeria | G | |
Universal Rights Group |
URG | 2013 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | |
Université internationale de langue française au service du développement africain |
Université Senghor | 1989 | Alexandria | Egypt | F | |
Université libre internationale de Bruxelles |
ULI | Brussels | Belgium | G | ||
University for Peace |
UPEACE | 1980 | San José | Costa Rica | F | g |
University of the Arctic |
UArctic | 2001 | Rovaniemi | Finland | D | |
University Space Engineering Consortium |
UNISEC-Global | 2013 | Tokyo | Japan | C | y |
University Women of Asia |
UWA | 1986 | Singapore | Singapore | E | |
University Women of Europe |
UWE | 1981 | Paris | France | E | |
UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research |
UNU-WIDER | 1984 | Helsinki | Finland | E | j |
Urban Climate Resilient Infrastructure & Strategic Planning |
UCRISP | San Francisco CA | USA | G | ||
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights |
UAF | 1997 | Oakland CA | USA | G | f |
USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education |
1994 | Los Angeles CA | USA | G | fj | |
UWC Red Cross Nordic |
RCNUWC | 1995 | Flekke | Norway | G | |
Value Health Africa |
VAHA | Bamenda | Cameroon | G | ||
velafrica |
1993 | Liebefeld | Switzerland | G | ||
Verdens Skove |
1983 | Aarhus | Denmark | G | ||
Verra |
2005 | Washington DC | USA | F | ||
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières International |
VSF International | 1989 | Brussels | Belgium | F | |
VIA Don Bosco |
1969 | Brussels | Belgium | E | ||
Victim Support Europe |
VSE | 1989 | Brussels | Belgium | D | |
Vienna NGO Committee on the Status of Women |
1982 | E | y | |||
Vier Pfoten International |
Vienna | Austria | F | |||
Village Monde |
2010 | Québec QC | Canada | G | ||
Virtual Educa |
2000 | Washington DC | USA | F | ||
Vision Aid Overseas |
VAO | 1985 | Crawley | UK | G | |
Vision GRAM-International |
1996 | Ottawa ON | Canada | G | ||
Vital Voices Global Partnership |
VVGP | 2001 | Washington DC | USA | G | |
VIVAT International |
2000 | New York NY | USA | E | ||
Voice and Speech Trainers Association |
VASTA | 1986 | Kingston WA | USA | G | v |
Voices Without Frontiers |
VWF | 1996 | Montréal QC | Canada | E | |
Volontariato Internazionale Donna Educazione Sviluppo |
VIDES | 1987 | Rome | Italy | F | |
Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo |
VIS | 1986 | Rome | Italy | G | |
Voluntary Service Overseas |
VSO | 1958 | Kingston upon Thames | UK | G | |
Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity International |
VOSH/International | 1972 | Omaha NE | USA | G | |
Walk Free Foundation |
WFF | Nedlands WA | Australia | G | f | |
Walk21 Foundation |
Walk21 | 2000 | Cheltenham | UK | F | f |
WAO-Afrique |
1989 | Lomé | Togo | E | ||
War Child |
1993 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | F | ||
War on Want |
1952 | London | UK | G | f | |
WASH United |
2010 | Berlin | Germany | G | ||
Washington Office on Latin America |
WOLA | 1974 | Washington DC | USA | G | |
Wassu-UAB Foundation |
1987 | Bellaterra | Spain | G | f |