​Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and
​empower all women and girls

KEY WORDS: gender; girls; boys; equality; empowerment; wage disparity; discrimination; inequality; inclusivity; stereotypes; glass ceiling; suffragettes; gender roles; wages gap; human trafficking; exploitation; unpaid work

Questions

Here are some questions to help stimulate your thinking about this Goal:
  • What are some of the main forms of inequality that women and girls face?
  • Which countries still do not give women the right to vote?
  • Are there countries in which girls are not allowed to go to school? Which ones?
  • ​What are some of the areas of inequality between men and woman?
  • What is being done in countries where women have little or no rights?
  • What are some of the causes of this inequality?
  • How is gender inequality measured? Give examples of some of the statistics.
  • What are some examples of gender equality where you live?
  • ​What is one thing in your community that could close the gender inequality gap?
  • What other issues / problems does gender inequality lead to?