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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Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality?
Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender…
Health emergencies such as COVID-19, and the response to them, can exacerbate gender inequality and derail hard-won progress not only on SDG 3 but on all the SDGs. This…
Guidance note on preparations for gender-responsive Voluntary National Reviews for UN Women country and regional offices
Guidance note on preparations for gender-responsive Voluntary National Reviews for UN Women country…
This guidance note aims to support UN Women country and regional offices on strategic engagement with the Voluntary National Review (VNR) process at the national level…
Gender, climate and security: Sustaining inclusive peace on the frontlines of climate change
Gender, climate and security: Sustaining inclusive peace on the frontlines of climate change
Grounded in a series of case studies from research and programming experience, this report offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how gender, climate, and…
Spotlight on SDG 8: The impact of marriage and children on labour market participation
Spotlight on SDG 8: The impact of marriage and children on labour market participation
How are women’s employment outcomes shaped by domestic and caregiving responsibilities? Drawing on a global dataset and new indicators developed by UN Women and the…
Justice for women: High-level Group report
Justice for women: High-level Group report
Access to justice for women is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with its commitments to gender equality and to peaceful, just, and inclusive…
Feminist perspectives on the 2030 Agenda in Ecuador: Selective engagement, inclusions and omissions
Feminist perspectives on the 2030 Agenda in Ecuador: Selective engagement, inclusions and omissions
This paper examines how the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has been integrated into the national debate on gender equality in Ecuador. It identifies which…
Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls Global Flagship Initiative: Second international compendium of practices
Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls Global Flagship Initiative: Second…
This publication illustrates in a practical way how participating cities of the Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces Global Initiative are working to implement women’s…
Harsh realities: Marginalized women in cities of the developing world
Spotlight on SDG11: Harsh realities: Marginalized women in cities of the developing world
This study, based on data from 59 low- and middle-income countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and Southern Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, finds that…
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2019
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2019
Are we on track to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls? This report brings together the latest available evidence on gender equality across…
A manual for gender-responsive land degradation neutrality transformative projects and programmes
A manual for gender-responsive land degradation neutrality transformative projects and programmes
This manual provides step-by-step guidance to Parties to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on integrating gender issues and promoting gender…