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- Published: 08 Jul 2016
Gender equality
AgriSmart is helping achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls in Côte d'Ivoire by:
- providing equal opportunity employment and equal pay to all Ivorian and immigrant worker men and women
- promoting equal access to primary education for all girls and boys from all tribes, religions and economic backgrounds
- fueling education of the necessity for equal access to fundamental human rights such as healthcare, representation in political and economic decision making process as the foundation for world peace, prosperity, and sustainablity
Goal 5: Gender equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Data provided by United Nations: Gender equality and women's empowerment (more)
While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment under the Millennium Development Goals (including equal access to primary education between girls and boys), women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world.
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large.
Facts and Figures:
- About two thirds of countries in the developing regions have achieved gender parity in primary education
- In Southern Asia, only 74 girls were enrolled in primary school for every 100 boys in 1990. By 2012, the enrolment ratios were the same for girls as for boys.
- In sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania and Western Asia, girls still face barriers to entering both primary and secondary school.
- Women in Northern Africa hold less than one in five paid jobs in the non-agricultural sector. The proportion of women in paid employment outside the agriculture sector has increased from 35 per cent in 1990 to 41 per cent in 2015
- In 46 countries, women now hold more than 30 per cent of seats in national parliament in at least one chamber.
- End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
- 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
- Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
- 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
- Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decisionmaking in political, economic and public life
- 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
- 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
- Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
- 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
| ➜ UN Women (more) ➜ He for She campaign (more) ➜ United Secretary-General Campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women (more) ➜ Every Woman Every Child Initiative (more) ➜ United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (more) ➜ UN Population Fund: Gender equality (more) ➜ UN Population Fund: Female genital mutilation (more) ➜ UN Population Fund: Child marriage (more) | ➜ UN Population Fund: Engaging men & boys (more) ➜ UN Population Fund: Gender-based violence (more) ➜ World Health Organization (WHO) (more) ➜ UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (more) ➜ UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (more) ➜ UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) (more) ➜ UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Gender Statistics (more) |
SDGs .:. 17 Goals to Transform Our World
Goal 1: No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping end poverty in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 1
Goal 2: Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping end hunger in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 2
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
+ Read how AgriSmart is promoting health and well-being in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 3
Goal 4: Quality education
Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning
+ Read how AgriSmart is partnering to make education available to all in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 4Goal 5: Gender equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
+ Read how AgriSmart is contributing to equal employment opportunities and pay for women and girls in Côte d'Ivoire ➜ SDG 5
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is developing in-home clean water access in employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 6
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is developing free smart utilities in Côte d'Ivoire employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 7
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
+ Read how AgriSmart is elevating the quality of life in Côte d'Ivoire by paying higher than average wages, and helping raise the national economy through export of surplus food generated to neighbor African countries ➜ SDG 8
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
+ Read how AgriSmart is building resilient infrastructure, promoting sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation in Côte d'Ivoire through the use of modern farm technology in intensive farming, and with sustainable investments into business to raise productive capacity ➜ SDG 9
Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping reduce inequality in Côte d'Ivoire by providing free employee housing with smart, eco-friendly utilities, clean water, and climate control, plus closing the gap by paying higher than average wages ➜ SDG 10
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
+ Read how AgriSmart is creating community by building Côte d'Ivoire employee housing micro-grids ➜ SDG 11
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
+ Read how AgriSmart is sustainably using agriculture waste in the production of other products, also further boosting the Côte d'Ivoire economy ➜ SDG 12
Goal 13: Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
+ Read how AgriSmart is utilizing smart, renewable energy sources, such as solar powered electricity, and ozone friendly refrigerant free cooling systems in Côte d'Ivoire employee housing ➜ SDG 13
Goal 14: Life Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
+ Read how AgriSmart is contributing to the protection of oceans through responsible utilization of organic pesticides ➜ SDG 14
Goal 15: Life on Land
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
+ Read how AgriSmart is nurturing life on land through reforestation using a system, called taungya, in intercropping between trees for optimized yields ➜ SDG 15
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
+ Read how AgriSmart is helping further the Côte d’Ivoire democratically elected president’s campaign for tribe and religion inclusivity, together with providing employment opportunites specifically for veterans of war through partnerships with organizations such as the Agency for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration ➜ SDG 16
Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
+ Read about AgriSmart partnerships for sustainable development in Côte d'Ivoire including SODEFOR, and around the world ➜ SDG 17 Contact Contact Person: Trey Warme Headquarters: AgriSmart, Inc. 725 Rockville Pike, 3rd Floor Rockville, MD 20852 Phone: +1.858.776.4172 Email: email Website: http://agrismartinc.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/agrismartinc Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrismartinc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agrismart-inc-RELATED LINKS
United Nations: Gender equality and women's empowerment (more) Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform (more) Sustainable development goals - United Nations (more) AgriSmart, Inc. Côte d'Ivoire blog: 'sustainable development' category (more) AgriSmart, Inc. Côte d'Ivoire Do Well By Doing Good blog (more) ↑ Back to top
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Posted in About Us, Our Mission, Sustainable Development
Tagged #SDGs, empowering women, equality, gender equality, leave no one behind, Sustainable Development Goals