Gender Equality and the Sustainable Development Goals: Focussing on the Adolescent Girls in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Amrita Patel ◽  
Sumanta Banerjee ◽  
Asha Hans
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

Gender Inequality and Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-145
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Regional Performance

The chapter argues that inequality between men and women has led to the gap in income and poverty for women. Gender inequality and women's empowerment have, therefore, become one of the 17 pillars of the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030. This chapter, therefore, examines the global performances on gender inequality index (GII) and the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030, regional performance and the Sustainable Development Goals, the top best performers on gender gap parity versus the worst performers on gender gap parity, and sub-national performances and global rankings. Also, this chapter examines the challenges of achieving gender equality by 2030 along with policy options for achieving gender equality in the year 2030.

Trade and Investment Accords for Sustainable Development Goals 1–5

2021 ◽  
pp. 267-276
Author(s):  
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Investment Agreements ◽  
Trade And Investment

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set aspirational objectives for governments, international organizations and other stakeholders seeking to support sustainable development to achieve by 2030 or before, as well as indicators to facilitate measurement of attainment levels. Chapter 19 is the first of three chapters exploring provisions from over 110 innovative bilateral and regional economic treaties that could facilitate achievement of certain SDGs and their associated targets, to enable countries to maximize opportunities for their economic accords to assist in effectively contributing towards achievement of the SDG targets, particularly in a time of post-pandemic economic recovery. This chapter addresses trade and investment agreements provisions relevant to a first set of SDGs which target ‘basic needs’ challenges: eradicating poverty (SDG 1); ending hunger (SDG 2); promoting health and wellbeing (SDG 3); ensuring quality education (SDG 4) and achieving gender equality (SDG 5). The chapter canvasses the requirements of each goal and provides examples of treaty provisions that address each SDG.

scholarly journals Will South Asia Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Learning from the MDGs Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Niaz Asadullah ◽  
Antonio Savoia ◽  
Kunal Sen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Institutional Challenges

Abstract This paper contributes to the debate on the Sustainable Development Goals progress by evaluating the MDGs achievements in South Asia and the policy and institutional challenges deriving from such experience. Using cross-country regressions and aggregate indicators of poverty, health, education and gender parity outcomes, we offer three sets of findings. First, comparative evidence shows that, while South Asia has converged with richer regions, there is still significant variation in gender equality, universal primary education, and income poverty achievements across countries. Second, projections based on past trends on where SDGs are expected to be by 2030 reveal that there is a long way to go, where emblematic targets as income poverty eradication may not be met in the populous South Asian countries. Finally, considering the expanded set of development targets in the SDGs and the growth slowdown in South Asia, we argue that further progress would simultaneously require increased public spending on health and education and reforms improving state capacity. A simulation exercise confirms that such a combination of interventions would deliver significant benefits in the region, particularly in areas that are critical to progress on the goals of ‘No Poverty’, ‘Quality Education’, ‘Gender Equality’, and ‘Inclusive Growth’.

scholarly journals Perception of Social Gender Roles in Medical Faculty Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Aygar ◽  
B Isıktekin Atalay ◽  
S Akbulut Zencirci ◽  
A Unsal ◽  
D Arslantas
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Study Group ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background “Gender equality’’ is the fifth of the Sustainable Development Goals put forward in order to ensure the development in all areas. Medical faculty students, who will be a doctor, should practice with a gender equality perspective and shape their views and attitudes with equality in mind which will have an important part in the adoption of equality by society. The aim of the study was to evaluate the perception of social gender roles in medical students. Methods This cross - sectional study was performed with all students in Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine. The questionnaire includes sociodemographic characteristics and Gender of Perception Scale(PCS) to measure perception of social gender roles. The scores that can be taken from the scale are ranged from 25 to 125, and high scores indicate that perception of gender is positive and equality. Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis were used in univariate analysis; multivariate linear regression was used in multivariate analysis. Results The study group consisted of 1023 (84.3%) students in the study group, 52.8% were females and their ages ranged from 17 to 30 and the mean was 21.36 ± 2.06. The PCS scores ranged from 32 to 125 and the mean was 108.07±16.58. Multivariate linear regression analyzes were performed to determine the factors associated with the PCS. According to the results of last model sex, living with grandparents until the age of 18, region of the majority of life and parental attitudes were found to be related to perception of social gender roles (F = 29.602, R2=0.170, p < 0.001). Conclusions The perception of gender of medical students was found to be positive. Sex and the characteristics of the social environment were related to perception of gender. In order to raise awareness on gender equality, it might be useful to ensure integration in the medical education curriculum. Key messages Factors that can be changed, such as the social characteristics of the living environment, were found to be related to perception of social gender roles. Ensuring gender equality, one of the Sustainable Development Goals, is important for medical students who will be a role model for society.

scholarly journals Gender differences in research focused on the Sustainable Development Goal of Gender Equality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Shang ◽  
Gunnar Sivertsen ◽  
Zhe Cao ◽  
Lin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Holding Back ◽  
Low Activity

In 2016, the United Nations officially launched the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address urgent global challenges over the next 15 years. Among the seventeen SDGs, Gender Equality (SDG5) is recognized as important for the achievement of the other sixteen goals because gender inequality exists across education, employment opportunities, healthcare facilities, life expectancy, family life, and political participation, thereby holding back the capacity of half of the world’s population to contribute to solutions to the global challenges. This bibliometric study explores gender balance and differences within SDG5 oriented research during the first five years after the implementation of SDG5 in 2016. Unlike most research oriented at other SDGs, this field of research has low activity and a dominance of female researchers. Within the field, male and female researchers focus on partly different topics. Publications by male researchers tend to be more cited while potential readers show more interest in publications by female researchers. This investigation highlights the importance of increasing gender diversity in SDG5-related studies, which is helpful for the achievement of sustainable development.

scholarly journals The SDGs and the Empowerment of Bangladeshi Women

2020 ◽  
pp. 453-474
Author(s):  
Naomi Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
New Challenges

AbstractThis chapter describes Bangladesh’s successes with advancing gender equality in the period of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), locating their origins in elite commitment to including women in the development process, and in the partnerships and aid that built the state and NGO capacity to reach them. The chapter reflects on the lessons of Bangladesh’s innovative and unexpected advances in the light of the new challenges posed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably those of early marriage and the achievement of decent work. The chapter asks whether contemporary conditions suggest that the elite commitment and state capacity that drove progress on the MDGs are up to meeting the more contentious and complex goals of the SDGs.

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