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

Global Water Partnership

GWP 1996 Stockholm Sweden F

Global Wind Energy Council

GWEC 2005 Brussels Belgium E

Global Women in PR

GWPR 2015 London UK E

Global Women Inventor and Innovator Network

GWiiN 1998 London UK G

Global Women P.E.A.C.E. Foundation

2010 Centreville VA USA G f

Global Women Social Enterprise

GWSE J

Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition

GWNET 2017 Vienna Austria F

Global Women's Strike

GWS 1972 London UK F

Global Young Academy

GYA 2010 Halle (Saale) Germany F v

Global Youth Mobilization

GYM 2021 F

globalLead

1997 Mansfield OH USA N

Globethics.net Foundation

2004 Le Grand-Saconnex Switzerland F f

GlobeWomen

Washington DC USA G

Gnome Liberation Front

GLF F

Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Centre

MCTC 1961 Jerusalem Israel G

Good Shepherd International Foundation

GSIF 2007 Rome Italy F f

GoodElectronics

Amsterdam Netherlands F y

GPF Europe

2004 Bonn Germany E

Graduate Women International

GWI 1919 Châtelaine Switzerland B

Grameen Trust

GT 1989 Dhaka Bangladesh F

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

GGJ 2005 Miami FL USA G y

Grassroots International

GI 1983 Boston MA USA G

Gray Panthers Project Fund

1970 Washington DC USA G f

Great Africa Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative

GAYEDI Akure Nigeria G

Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society

1931 New York NY USA N

Green Cross International

GCI 1993 Geneva Switzerland F

GRET

1976 Nogent-sur-Marne France G

Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa

GRILA 1984 N

Group of the Greens - European Free Alliance

Greens/EFA 1984 Brussels Belgium F

Group on Earth Observations

GEO 2005 Geneva Switzerland F g

Groupement des Femmes Africaines Intégrées et Actives

GFAIA N

Grow Up Free from Poverty Coalition

2001 Liskeard UK G y

Gruppo Abele

1965 Turin Italy G

Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development Centre for Africa

GCYDCA 1994 Lilongwe Malawi D g

Gulf Center for Human Rights

GCHR 2011 G

H6

2008 E g

Hadassah

1912 New York NY USA G

Hague Appeal for Peace

HAP 1996 New York NY USA E

HAI Africa

Nairobi Kenya E

Hands to Hearts International

HHI 2004 Portland OR USA G

HeadWaters International

HWI Minneapolis MN USA G e

Health In Harmony

HIH Portland OR USA J

Healthcare Businesswomen's Association

HBA 1977 Fairfield NJ USA G

HealthRight International

1990 New York NY USA G

Heifer International

1944 Little Rock AR USA G

Helen Suzman Foundation

HSF 1994 Houghton South Africa G f

Henry Luce Foundation

1936 New York NY USA G f

High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

Panel 2018 Washington DC USA F y

Hispanics in Philanthropy

HIP Oakland CA USA J

HOPE '87 - Hundreds of Original Projects for Employment

1987 Vienna Austria G

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