Group7_B | SDG 5 : Gender Equality
Preface The world celebrated the success of Kamala Harris as she created history by being the first female Vice President of USA. It took the US a whopping 233 years of electoral voting to get its first female Vice President, a glaring indication of how women across the world have been suppressed from disclosing their true potential. Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs are a set of 17 global goals with specific targets and indicators prescribed by the United Nations. The 5 th on the list of SDGs is ‘Gender Equality’ with 9 specific targets defined. Although the definition of gender has transitioned from 2 sexes to a spectrum of choice, this SDG pertains specifically to empowering women and girls through equality, inclusivity, distribution of quality education and ending violence against women. Figure 1 : Gender Equality SDG Objectives [ 2 ] Social progress across the world has been hindered as half the world’s potential has bee...