Progress on the SDGs. The gender snapshot 2023

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023

This report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, focusing not only on the current level of progress, but also on the likelihood of achieving gender equality across the Goals at the current trajectory. Among this year’s recommendations is a call to significantly expand national investments and international financing in support of gender equality.

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“We were like caged birds, this gave us wings to fly”: A review of UN Women programming on gender-sensitive transitional justice
“We were like caged birds, this gave us wings to fly”: A review of UN Women programming on gender-…
This report examines UN Women’s experiences implementing a global programme on gender-sensitive transitional justice (2015–2018), funded by the European Union. The…
Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future
Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future
On the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Women’s “Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future” campaign…
Equality in law for women and girls by 2030: A multistakeholder strategy for accelerated action
Equality in law for women and girls by 2030: A multistakeholder strategy for accelerated action
Globally, more than 2.5 billion women and girls are affected by discriminatory laws and the lack of legal protections. This policy strategy seeks to fast track the…
The evolution of marriage and relationship recognition in western jurisdictions
The evolution of marriage and relationship recognition in western jurisdictions
This paper aims to give a broad overview of marriage and relationship recognition by exploring the extent to which the legal institution of marriage in western…
Towards inclusive cities for all: How to protect the rights of women in informal self-employment
Towards inclusive cities for all: How to protect the rights of women in informal self-employment
This policy brief synthesizes research findings, analysis, and policy recommendations on the gender dimensions of informal employment in cities. It focuses on three…
Using the international human rights system to protect and promote the rights of women migrant workers
Using the international human rights system to protect and promote the rights of women migrant…
This brief provides an overview of the international human rights system as it applies to the promotion and protection of women migrant workers’ rights. Using examples…
Fund for Gender Equality 2016 annual report
Fund for Gender Equality 2016 annual report
The Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) is UN Women’s global grant-making mechanism dedicated to the economic and political empowerment of women worldwide through the…
Strategy for inclusion and visibility of indigenous women
This strategy harnesses UN Women’s long-standing commitment to indigenous women and represents the organization’s first official frame of reference for bringing its…
Gender Equality and Sustainable Development: A pathways approach
Gender Equality and Sustainable Development: A Pathways Approach
This paper puts forward a ‘gendered pathways approach’, as a conceptual framework for addressing the interactions, tensions and trade-offs between different dimensions…
Trade liberalization, social policy development, and labour market outcomes of chinese women and men in the decade after China's accession to the world trade organization
Trade liberalization, social policy development and labour market outcomes of Chinese women and men…
This paper analyses the trends in labour market outcomes of women and men in China in the decade after its accession to the World Trade Organization. It was produced for…