Foreword

This report centres on the unfinished business of our time: delivering on the promise of gender equality, securing the human rights of women and girls and ensuring that their fundamental freedoms are fully realized. To address the empowerment of all women and girls and gender equality, the human development approach, rooted in capabilities, provides a conceptual framework. It pivots on enlarging opportunities for all people, equally. As progress towards gender equality stalls, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have joined forces to expand measures that guide national and international policy action, research and advocacy on the empowerment of all women and girls and gender equality.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Gender Equality

Reduced Inequalities