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

IMPACT

1986 Ottawa ON Canada F y

IMPR Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center

IMPR HUMANITARIAN Ankara Türkiye G

Impunity Watch

2004 The Hague Netherlands F f

Inclusive Development International

IDI 2011 Asheville NC USA G

Incontri Internazionali Uomini e Religioni

Rome Italy F

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

ICRIER 1981 Delhi India G

Indian Council of South America

1980 Geneva Switzerland D

Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty

TIP 2010 Rome Italy J

Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-determination and Liberation

IPMSDL 2010 Quezon City Philippines F

Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee

IPACC Cape Town South Africa E

Indigenous Women's Biodiversity Network

J

Indigenous Women's Network

IWN 1985 Austin TX USA G

Industrianställda i Norden

2006 Stockholm Sweden D t

Initiative for Equality

IfE Rapid City SD USA G

Initiative for the Development of Africa

IDA Dakar Senegal G

Insanligi Birlestiren Bilgiyi Yayma Vakfi

BILYAY 1994 Istanbul Türkiye G f

Inspire - the European Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Inspire E y

Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

IHEID 2008 Geneva Switzerland G j

Institut de la Francophonie pour l'éducation et la formation

IFEF 2017 Dakar Senegal E g

Institut des droits de l'homme et de la paix en Afrique

IDHP 1983 Dakar Senegal G j

Institut du Travail d’Afrique Centrale

ITAC 2005 Kinshasa Congo DR J

Institut international des droits de l'Homme et de la paix

2009 Hérouville Saint-Clair France G

Institut kurde de Bruxelles

1978 Brussels Belgium G jv

Institute for Global Justice

IGJ 2001 Jakarta Indonesia G j

Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation

IHJR 2004 Leiden Netherlands E j

Institute for Inclusive Security

Washington DC USA G j

Institute for Independence Studies

IIS 1985 London UK N j

Institute for International Law and Justice

IILJ New York NY USA G j

Institute for International Sport

1986 Kingston RI USA N j

Institute for International Women's Rights - Manitoba

IIWR-MB 2013 Winnipeg MB Canada G j

Institute for Peace and Justice, St Louis MO

1970 St Louis MO USA N j

Institute for the Secularization of Islamic Society

ISIS Amherst NY USA G j

Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University

ISHR 1978 New York NY USA G j

Institute for War and Peace Reporting

IWPR 1991 London UK F j

Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World

IWSAW 1973 Beirut Lebanon G j

Institute of Consolata Missionaries

Consolata Fathers 1901 Rome Italy R j

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE 1884 Piscataway NJ USA F jv

Institute of International European Affairs, Dublin

IIEA 1991 Dublin Ireland G j

Institute of International Law

1873 Geneva Switzerland C j

Institute of Labor Economics

IZA 1998 Bonn Germany J

Institute Of Neurodiversity

ION 2021 London UK J

Institutes for Achievement of Human Potential

IAHP 1968 Wyndmoor PA USA F v

Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales

ICEFI 2005 Guatemala Guatemala D j

Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Politicos

INCEP 1968 Guatemala Guatemala G j

Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Sociales y Desarrollo

INCEDES 2005 Guatemala Guatemala D j

Instituto Latinoamericano de Salud Mental y Derechos Humanos

ILAS 1988 Santiago Chile G j

Instituto Mundo Libre

Lima Peru G

Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais e Segurança

IPRIS Lisbon Portugal G j

Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children

IAC 1984 Addis Ababa Ethiopia E

Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies

INEE 2000 New York NY USA F y

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