“Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, UN Women’s new flagship report, provides a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of progress, gaps and challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a gender perspective. The report monitors global and regional trends in achieving the SDGs for women and girls based on available data, and provides practical guidance for the implementation of gender-responsive policies and accountability processes. As a source of high-quality data and policy analysis, the report is a key reference and accountability tool for policymakers, women’s organizations, the UN system, and other stakeholders.

This report lays the basis for robust, gender-responsive monitoring of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by:

• showing how gender equality is central to the achievement of all 17 SDGs and arguing for an integrated and rights-based approach to implementation;

• explaining gender data gaps and challenges for robust monitoring and establishing starting points and trends across a range of gender-related indicators based on available data;

• providing concrete guidance on policies to achieve two strategic targets under SDG 5 (violence and unpaid care) and outlining how these policies are synergistic with other goals and targets; and

• setting an agenda for strengthening accountability for gender equality commitments at global, regional, and national levels.

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• SDG monitoring report

• Summary (en, es, fr)

• Fact sheets (all in a ZIP archive):

  • Global (en, es, fr)

  • Australia and New Zealand

  • Central and Southern Asia

  • Eastern and South-eastern Asia

  • Europe and Northern America (en, es, fr)

  • Latin America and the Caribbean (en, es)

  • Northern Africa and Western Asia (en, fr)

  • Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (en, fr)

• Data sheets (Excel):

  • Annex 3

  • Chapter 2

  • Chapter 3

  • Chapter 4

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Languages available: English

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Bibliographic information

Subject area(s): Gender equality and women’s empowerment; 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Resource type: Assessments; Flagship reports

UN Women office involved in publication: UN Women Headquarters

Publication year: 2018 

Number of pages: 337

ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-63214-108-8

Publishing entities: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)