Goal 5

GENDER EQUALITY

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Goal 5

GENDER EQUALITY

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large.

Target 5.1. End discrimination against women and girls

Viviana Waisman

Spain

Souadou diabaté Koné

Mali

Awa Fall-Diop

Senegal

William Muir

India

Ashif Shaikh

India

Betty Makoni

Zimbabwe

Saidou Ouédraogo

Burkina Faso

Sunita Satyarthia

India

Umi Hanisah

Indonesia

Man Bahadur Chhetri

Nepal

Carolina Contreras

Dominican Republic

Emilia Roig

Germany

Carmen Gheorghe

Romania

Magdy Aziz

Egypt

Fatima Khanam

Bangladesh

Rachel Lloyd

United States

Fiona Sampson

Canada

Gemma Galdon

Spain

Target 5.2. End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls

Betty Makoni

Zimbabwe

Dorothy Aken'ova

Nigeria

Tatiana Fraser

Canada

Valdecir Nascimento

Brazil

Claudia Colimoro Sarellano

Mexico

Inna Hudaya

Indonesia

Man Bahadur Chhetri

Nepal

Viviana Waisman

Spain

Casimira Rodríguez

Bolivia

Gary Barker

Brazil

Molly Barker

United States

Rachel Lloyd

United States

Paula Wachter

Argentina

Angela Coleman

United States

Fiona Sampson

Canada

Lesley Foster

South Africa

Jinkyeong Cho

South Korea

Mauro Antonio Vargas Urías

Mexico

Daniela Maudeth Valdivia Gutiérrez

Bolivia

Chantawipa Apisuk

Thailand

Target 5.3. Eliminate forced marriages and genital mutilation

Marianne Sidibe N'Diaye

Senegal

Constance Yaï

Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Kennedy Wafula

Kenya

Judi Aubel

Senegal

Mina Das

India

Ini Inkouraba Youl Damien

Burkina Faso

Alexandra Machado

Portugal

Hafsat Abiola

Nigeria

Umi Hanisah

Indonesia

Marie Léa Zongo

Burkina Faso

Betty Makoni

Zimbabwe

Rabi Wali

Nigeria

Jane Chiang Sieh

Brazil

Charlotte Frank

United States

Target 5.4. Value unpaid care and promote shared domestic responsibilities

Verona Valencia García

Mexico

Mmatshilo Motsei

South Africa

Maria Pakpahan

Indonesia

Lita Anggraini

Indonesia

Inge Missmahl

Germany

Masnu'ah

Indonesia

Claudia Cabral

Brazil

Pierre Foldès

France

Gilles Reydellet

France

Marion Steffens

Germany

Valentina Martinez

Chile

Target 5.5. Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making

Balsam Al-Ayoub

Kuwait

Lulwa Al-Ayoub

Kuwait

Hadja Assa Diallo Soumaré

Mali

Felicite Rwemarika

Rwanda

Iheoma Obibi

Nigeria

Bedriye Hulya

Turkey

Hafsat Abiola

Nigeria

Magdy Aziz

Egypt

Fatima Khanam

Bangladesh

Lily Thapa

Nepal

Binta Sarr

Senegal

Den Upa Rombelayuk

Indonesia

Rosalie Ouoba

Burkina Faso

Maria Eugenia Choque

Bolivia

Anindita Majumdar

India

Kathryn Hall-Trujillo

United States

Target 5.6. Universal access to reproductive rights and health

Naomi Solanke

Liberia

Inna Hudaya

Indonesia

Teresa C. Ulloa Ziaurriz

Mexico

Megan Mukuria

Kenya

Jorge Lyra

Brazil

Hambali Hambali

Indonesia

Luh Putu Upadisari

Indonesia

Traoré Fatoumata Touré

Mali

Sandra Peniche Quintal

Mexico

Nattaya Boonpakdee

Thailand

Vibha Marfatia

India

Harini Kakkeri

India

Dorothy Aken'ova

Nigeria

Diana Damian

Mexico

Silvia Diez Urdanivia

Mexico

Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

Philippines

Juan Carlos Hernández Meijueiro

Mexico

Mark Edwards

United States

Maria José Rosado Nunes

Brazil

Target 5.A. Equal rights to economic resources, property ownership and financial services

Salima Sarwar

Bangladesh

Alice Emasu

Uganda

Chetna Gala Sinha

India

Zeinab Al-Momani

Jordan

Ini Inkouraba Youl Damien

Burkina Faso

Selma Demirelli

Turkey

Mina Das

India

Stanny Jebamalai

India

Target 5.B. Promote empowerment of women through technology

Helena Puig Larrauri

Spain

Njideka Harry

Nigeria

Brett Matthews

Canada

Reza Deghati

Afghanistan

Oreoluwa Somolu

Nigeria

Aakash Sethi

India

María del Carmen Tene

Ecuador

Wilson Passeto

Brazil

Amani El Tunsi

Egypt

Inge Missmahl

Germany

Target 5.C. Adopt and strengthen policies and enforceable legislation for gender equality

Ann Njogu

Kenya

Viviana Waisman

Spain

Magdy Aziz

Egypt

William Muir

India

Dean Peacock

South Africa

Awa Fall-Diop

Senegal

Mauro Antonio Vargas Urías

Mexico

Anindita Majumdar

India

Umi Hanisah

Indonesia

Nebahat Akkoc

Turkey

Denise Dourado Dora

Brazil

Guacira Oliveira

Brazil

Alessandra Orofino

Brazil