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

Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Politica

ALACIP Rio de Janeiro Brazil D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios del Discurso

ALED 1995 D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia Infantil y de la Adolescencia

ALOGIA 1993 D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Odontopediatría

ALOP 1993 D

Asociación Latinoamericana para la Producción Animal

ALPA 1966 Calgary AB Canada D

Asociación Miraismo Internacional

AMI 2012 Geneva Switzerland E

Asociación pro Derechos Humanos

APRODEH Lima Peru G

Asociación UNESCO para la Promoción de la Etica en los Medios de Comunicación

AUPEMEC 2003 Malaga Spain G

ASPAFRIQUE-JICS-HFFUN

1990 New York NY USA G

Assembly of European Wine Regions

AREV 1988 Brussels Belgium F

Assistance to Support Humanity and Need for Aid Organization

ASHNA 2011 Kabul Afghanistan G

Associated Country Women of the World

ACWW 1930 London UK B

Association Africa 21

Africa 21 Geneva Switzerland G

Association africaine de défense des droits de l'homme

ASADHO 1991 Kinshasa Congo DR G

Association des états généraux des étudiants de l'Europe

AEGEE-Europe 1985 Brussels Belgium F

Association des femmes de l'Europe méridionale

AFEM 1996 Paris France D

Association des femmes et des jeunes de la diaspora africaine pour le développement socio-éducatif et agricole de l'afrique

AFDEAA 2000 Dakar Senegal G

Association européenne contre les violences faites aux femmes au travail

AVFT 1985 Paris France F

Association européenne Cuba libre

1996 Neuilly-sur-Seine France N

Association européenne de pratiques multidisciplinaires en santé mentale de l'enfant, l'adolescent et de la famille

AESMEAF 1992 D

Association Européenne de promotion des droits et de soutien des Personnes en Situation de Fragilité

AEPDSPSF Paris France J

Association européenne de psychopathologie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent

AEPEA 1996 Paris France D v

Association Européenne des Institutions Paritaires de la Protection Sociale

AEIP 1996 Brussels Belgium D

Association Femmes d'Europe

FdE 1976 Brussels Belgium G v

Association femmes leaders Benelux

2005 Brussels Belgium N

Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

ACAMH 1956 London UK G

Association for Dental Education in Europe

ADEE 1974 Dublin Ireland D

Association for Emergency Aid and Solidarity Development Cooperation

WADI 1992 Frankfurt-Main Germany G

Association for Fire Ecology

AFE 2000 Eugene OR USA D

Association for Forest Spatial Analysis Technologies

ForestSAT 2015 E c

Association for Human Resources Management in International Organizations

AHRMIO 1999 Geneva Switzerland D y

Association for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa

AHDA 1998 Vienna Austria G

Association for Humanistic Psychology

AHP 1965 Austin TX USA F

Association for International Broadcasting

AIB 1993 Downham Market UK D

Association for Progressive Communications

APC 1990 Melville South Africa F y

Association for Research in Digital Interactive Narratives

ARDIN 2018 C

Association for Research on Civil Society in Africa

AROCSA 2014 Abuja Nigeria G

Association for the Prevention of Torture

APT 1977 Geneva Switzerland B v

Association for the Promotion of the International Circulation of the Press

DISTRIPRESS 1955 Zurich Switzerland B

Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union

Sport&EU 2005 D

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

ATBC 1963 C

Association for Women's Rights in Development

AWID 1982 Toronto ON Canada F y

Association François-Xavier Bagnoud

FXB International 1989 Geneva Switzerland G

Association Francophone de Psychologie and Psychopathologie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent

APPEA Courbevoie France N

Association Internationale de la Femme Marocaine à l'Étranger

AIFME 2008 Sevran France G

Association Internationale des Charités

AIC 1617 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium F v

Association Internationale des Droits de l'Homme

AIDH 1998 G

Association internationale des sociologues de langue française

AISLF 1958 Toulouse France C v

Association Internationale pour l'égalité des femmes

AIEF Pontoise France J

Association Mondiale des Amis de l'Enfance

AMADE 1963 Monte Carlo Monaco C

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