Target 5.1
End discrimination against women and girls
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
Goal 5 · 9 targets
Gender equality
Equal rights and opportunities for women and girls, freedom from violence and a fair share of care.
The targets
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Target 5.2
End violence against women and girls
Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.
Target 5.3
End forced marriage and harmful practices
Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
Target 5.4
Value and share unpaid care
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as...
Target 5.5
Equal opportunities for women to lead
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.
Target 5.6
Protect reproductive health and rights
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for...
Target 5.a
Equal economic and property rights
Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with...
Target 5.b
Technology that empowers women
Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women.
Target 5.c
Laws and policies for gender equality
Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.