The Global Goals: 5. Gender Equality

 
Gender equality is something that I heavily promoted last year with Elle magazine. I also supported the Always 'Like A Girl' campaign, which have an amazing and powerful video on YouTube at the link above.

Goal 5 is all about achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.

 
The gorgeous blogger Tanya Burr has shown her support for Goal 5 with her hand selfie.

The targets for this goal are:

• End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
• Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual exploitation
• Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilations
• Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies
• Ensure women’s effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic, and public life
• Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive 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
• Enhance the use of enabling technologies, in particular information communication technologies (ICTs), to promote women’s empowerment
• Adopt and strengthen policies and legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels

 

 I hope this is a goal that speaks to all the girls reading my blog and makes them stand up for gender equality, and I hope there are boys as well that recognise how important this goal is.