{"id":2408,"date":"2023-11-01T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T10:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityofgastronomy.thessaloniki.gr\/viosimotita\/5-isotita-filon\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T14:39:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:39:22","slug":"gender-equality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cityofgastronomy.thessaloniki.gr\/en\/sustainability\/gender-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"GENDER EQUALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - 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generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.td_block_text_with_title{\r\n                  margin-bottom: 44px;\r\n                  -webkit-transform: translateZ(0);\r\n                  transform: translateZ(0);\r\n                }.td_block_text_with_title p:last-child{\r\n                  margin-bottom: 0;\r\n                }\n<\/style><div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\"><h2 class=\"td-block-title\"><span class=\"td-pulldown-size\">GENDER EQUALITY<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"td_mod_wrap td-fix-index\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2392 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/cityofgastronomy.thessaloniki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/01\/goal-logo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityofgastronomy.thessaloniki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/01\/goal-logo-1.jpg 466w, https:\/\/cityofgastronomy.thessaloniki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/01\/goal-logo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cityofgastronomy.thessaloniki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/01\/goal-logo-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/>Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">There has been\u00a0progress\u00a0over 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Despite these gains, many\u00a0challenges\u00a0remain: discriminatory laws and social norms remain pervasive, women continue to be underrepresented at all levels of political leadership, and\u00a01 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The effects of\u00a0the COVID-19 pandemic could reverse the limited progress\u00a0that has been made on gender equality and women\u2019s rights.\u00a0\u00a0The coronavirus outbreak\u00a0exacerbates existing inequalities\u00a0for women and girls across every sphere \u2013 from health and the economy, to security and social protection.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Women play a disproportionate role in responding to the virus, including as frontline healthcare workers and carers at home. Women\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The pandemic has also led to a steep increase in\u00a0violence against women and girls.\u00a0With lockdown measures in place,\u00a0many 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 \u2013 and particularly domestic violence \u2013 has intensified.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Facts and Figures<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">With only seven years remaining, a mere 15.4 per cent of Goal 5 indicators with data are \u201con track\u201d, 61.5 per cent are at a moderate distance and 23.1 per cent are far or very far off track from 2030 targets.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">In many areas, progress has been too slow. At the current rate, it will take an estimated 300 years to end child marriage, 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and remove discriminatory laws, 140 years for women to be represented equally in positions of power and leadership in the workplace, and 47 years to achieve equal representation in national parliaments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Political leadership, investments and comprehensive policy reforms are needed to dismantle systemic barriers to achieving Goal 5. Gender equality is a cross-cutting objective and must be a key focus of national policies, budgets and institutions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/03\/01\/nearly-2-4-billion-women-globally-don-t-have-same-economic-rights-as-men\">Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don\u2019t Have Same Economic Rights as Men<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent women\u2019s full economic participation.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2022\/03\/01\/nearly-2-4-billion-women-globally-don-t-have-same-economic-rights-as-men\">Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don\u2019t Have Same Economic Rights as Men<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">In 2019, one in five women, aged 20-24 years, were married before the age of 18.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/violenceagainstchildren.un.org\/content\/girls\">Girls | UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Targets<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.1<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.3<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.4<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies\u00a0and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.5<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0Ensure women\u2019s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decisionmaking in political, economic and public life<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.6<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0Ensure 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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.A<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0Undertake 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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.B<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>5.C<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">\u00a0Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"color: #4d4d4d;\"><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Source: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span 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