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

CALALA - Fondo de Mujeres

Calala Barcelona Spain G

Cambia

1993 Canberra ACT Australia G

CamFed International

1993 Cambridge UK G

Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación

CLADE 2002 Sao Paulo Brazil F y

Campaña por una Convención Interamericana de los Derechos Sexuales y los Derechos Reproductivos

Lima Peru G

Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation

CECI 1958 Montréal QC Canada G

Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

KAIROS 2001 Toronto ON Canada G

Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief

CPAR 1984 Ottawa ON Canada G

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

VOW 1960 Toronto ON Canada G v

CARE International

CI 1945 Brussels Belgium F f

Careth Foundation

Truckee CA USA G f

Caribbean ASEAN Voluntary Council for Sustainable Development Goals

Caribbean ASEAN Council J

Caribbean Baptist Women's Union

Falls Church VA USA K

Caribbean Chamber of Commerce in Europe

CCCE 2019 Brussels Belgium E t

Caribbean Court of Justice

CCJ 2001 Port-of-Spain Trinidad-Tobago F g

Caribbean Employers' Confederation

CEC 1960 Port-of-Spain Trinidad-Tobago D

Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation

CFPA 1971 F

Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS

CRN+ 1996 Port-of-Spain Trinidad-Tobago F

Caribbean Women's Association

CARIWA 1970 The Valley Anguilla D

Caritas Asia

1973 Bangkok Thailand F y

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

CCHRP 1999 Cambridge MA USA G

Carrefour de solidarité internationale

CSI 1974 Sherbrooke QC Canada G y

Casa Alianza

1981 Mixco Guatemala G

Catalyst 2030

2020 Haarlem Netherlands J y

Catholic Daughters of the Americas

1903 New York NY USA G v

Catholic Media Council

CAMECO 1969 Aachen Germany F y

Catholic Women's Movement of Austria

Vienna Austria G

Catholics for Choice

1973 Washington DC USA F

Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace

CCJP 1987 Enfield South NSW Australia G

Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir

CDD 1987 La Paz Bolivia F f

CBE International

1988 Minneapolis MN USA G

CEDAR Fund

1991 Hong Kong Hong Kong G

CEJI

1991 D

Celtic League

CL 1961 Caerphilly UK D v

Celtic Women International

CWI 1997 Butler WI USA N

Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame IN

CCHR Notre Dame IN USA G

Center for Economic and Social Rights

CESR 1993 Brooklyn NY USA G

Center for Family and Human Rights

C-Fam 1997 New York NY USA G j

Center for Health, Human Rights and Development

CEHURD 2007 Kampala Uganda G

Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Intercultural Exchange

CHOICE Humanitarian 1982 West Jordan UT USA G

Center for Justice and International Law

CEJIL 1991 Washington DC USA E

Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

CJP Harrisonburg VA USA G j

Center for Reproductive Rights

New York NY USA G

Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service

2001 Washington DC USA N

Center for Third World Organizing

CTWO 1980 Oakland CA USA G

Center for Women, the Earth, the Divine

City Island NY USA G

Center for Women's Global Leadership

CWGL 1989 New Brunswick NJ USA G

Center of Arab Women for Training and Research, Tunis

CAWTAR 1993 Tunis Tunisia E v

Central American Agreement on the Equalization of Import Charges

1959 T g

Central American Women's Fund

2003 Managua Nicaragua F f

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