Conclusions and policy recommendations

The present World Survey has examined the important links between gender equality and sustainability. The World Survey is published at a crucial moment, at a time when the international community has recognized that dominant patterns of development and growth are unsustainable in economic, social and environmental terms and is defining the future sustainable development agenda. The Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals, the establishment of which was mandated in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, has since worked on a proposal for future sustainable development goals. The vital importance of gender equality and the empowerment of women as a core part of the post-2015 development agenda has been a strong and recurring theme in the discussions of the Open Working Group.

Related Subject(s): Femmes et questions de genre