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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Gender equality and big data: Making gender data visible
Gender equality and big data: Making gender data visible
This report outlines the value of big data for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in relation to gender equality and women’s empowerment, including…
Leave no one behind: Taking action for transformational change on women’s economic empowerment
UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment – Reports and toolkits
The UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, established by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2016, brought together leaders from…
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A contemporary view of ‘family’ in international human rights law and implications for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
A contemporary view of ‘family’ in international human rights law and implications for the…
This paper examines the interplay between the obligations related to the ‘family’ that States have assumed through various human rights treaties adopted over the decades…
Brief: Making South–South and triangular cooperation work for gender equality
Brief: Making South–South and triangular cooperation work for gender equality
To build on the current surge in demand for South–South and triangular cooperation and channel it into accelerated action for gender equality and women’s empowerment, UN…
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The UN Women gender and economics training manual
The UN Women gender and economics training manual
This manual on gender and economics is intended to provide basic- and intermediate-level training to development practitioners, including governments and policy and…
Macroeconomic policy and women’s economic empowerment
Macroeconomic policy and women’s economic empowerment
How macroeconomic policies are designed and implemented is recognized as crucial to advancing women’s economic empowerment. This discussion paper highlights why it is…
Making the SDGs count for women and girls with disabilities
Issue brief: Making the SDGs count for women and girls with disabilities
In line with several critical areas under thematic review at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in 2017, this issue brief underlines the need to…
Fiscal space for social protection and the SDGs: Options to expand social investments in 187 countries
Fiscal space for social protection and the SDGs: Options to expand social investments in 187…
Identifying fiscal space for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is increasingly recognized as a priority by all development actors. This innovative working…
The Full View: Ensuring a comprehensive approach to achieve the goal of gender balance in the UNFCCC process
The Full View: Ensuring a comprehensive approach to achieve the goal of gender balance in the…
This research report, the second edition to ‘The Full View: Advancing the goal of gender balance in multilateral and intergovernmental processes’ (2013), examines…
Investing in Gender-Equal Sustainable Development
Investing in Gender-Equal Sustainable Development
This paper develops an agenda for investing in sustainable development, with particular emphasis on local priorities, poverty alleviation and gender equality. It was…