DAY 5 - Children's Art Challenge to drive the SDGs | SDG 5 - Gender Equality | Preparations for COP 28

In focus: Sustainable Development Goal 5

Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to our sustainable platform!

The heroes of our program are very creative African children, and today they painted SDG 5 - Gender Equality.

Our children are sharing their inspirational creations about how to limit climate change. We invite school-aged children to unleash their creativity and envision a sustainable future through their art. Together, let's paint a brighter tomorrow for our planet.”

We believe in an Africa where girls and boys can reach their full potential, where men and women contribute equally to the development of their societies. We believe that there will be gender equality in all spheres of life and an engaged and empowered youth. 

Women are key contributors to global economies and play a critical role in the development of their societies. Without the equal and effective participation of women in all spheres of socio-political and economic life, the UN SDG 5 might not be realized. 

Giving women increased access to resources can reduce vulnerability and create more resilient households and communities. In addition, involving women in decision-making can help drive the adoption of climate change policies and strengthen mitigation and adaptation efforts by ensuring they benefit the needs of women.

DID YOU KNOW?

Order of Engineers of Portugal formalizes Gender Equality Certification process and declares 2024 OE Year for Gender Equality.

When we sit down to talk about Africa, we understand that there is still a large gender gap across the technology, engineering and physical sciences disciplines despite a number of efforts over the past three decades to address this. Creating a more diverse workforce including a better gender balance is important in order to meet the skills need of the future. 

Goal 5: 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.

There has been progress over the last decades: More girls are going to school, fewer girls are forced into early marriage, more women are serving in parliament and positions of leadership, and laws are being reformed to advance gender equality.

Despite these gains, many challenges remain: discriminatory laws and social norms remain pervasive, women continue to be underrepresented at all levels of political leadership, and 1 in 5 women and girls between the ages of 15 and 49 report experiencing physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner within a 12-month period.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could reverse the limited progress that has been made on gender equality and women’s rights.  The coronavirus outbreak exacerbates existing inequalities for women and girls across every sphere – from health and the economy, to security and social protection.

Women play a disproportionate role in responding to the virus, including as frontline healthcare workers and carers at home. Women’s unpaid care work has increased significantly as a result of school closures and the increased needs of older people. Women are also harder hit by the economic impacts of COVID-19, as they disproportionately work in insecure labour markets. Nearly 60 per cent of women work in the informal economy, which puts them at greater risk of falling into poverty.

The pandemic has also led to a steep increase in violence against women and girls. With lockdown measures in place, many women are trapped at home with their abusers, struggling to access services that are suffering from cuts and restrictions. Emerging data shows that, since the outbreak of the pandemic, violence against women and girls – and particularly domestic violence – has intensified.

Targets

• 5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
• 5.2 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
• 5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
• 5.4 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 nationally appropriate
• 5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decisionmaking in political, economic and public life
• 5.6 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 Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
• 5.A 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 national laws
• 5.B Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
• 5.C 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

#LIVE COP 28 | High Level Dialogue on Gender Responsive Just Transitions & Climate Action

If you missed the previous webisodes click here:

1. Webisode 1 - Preparation for COP 28| Children's Art Challenge to drive the SDGs | SDG 1 - 

https://sofoniedala.blogspot.com/2023/11/preparation-for-cop-28-childrens-art.html

2. DAY 2 - Preparation for COP 28| Children's Art Challenge to drive the SDGs | SDG 2 - Webisode 2

https://sofoniedala.blogspot.com/2023/11/day-2-preparation-for-cop-28-childrens.html

3. DAY 3-  Preparation for COP 28| Children's Art Challenge to drive the SDGs | SDG 3 

https://sofoniedala.blogspot.com/2023/12/preparation-for-cop-28-childrens-art.html

4. DAY 4 - Children's Art Challenge to drive the SDGs | SDG 4 - Preparation for COP 28

https://sofoniedala.blogspot.com/2023/12/day-4-childrens-art-challenge-to-drive.html

5. DAY 5 - Children's Art Challenge to drive the SDGs | SDG 5 - Preparation for COP 28

https://sofoniedala.blogspot.com/2023/12/day-5-childrens-art-challenge-to-drive.html

6. DAY 6 - Children's Art Challenge to drive the SDGs | SDG 6 - Preparation for COP 28

https://sofoniedala.blogspot.com/2023/12/day-6-childrens-art-challenge-to-drive.html