Sustainable Development Goals Emphasizing Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

TLDR

• This reality lies at the heart of Sustainable Development Goal 5, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015.
• The goals seek to build a world founded on equality, prosperity and sustainable development by 2030, with priorities covering People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership.
• In Tanzania, the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP), an NGO established in 1993, works to advance gender equality, women’s rights and inclusive development through research, policy advocacy, capacity building.
• Her experience captures the wider purpose of SDG 5: equality is not simply about representation.
• Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are central to that vision.