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Sustainable Development Goal 5: Women’s political participation in South America
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The ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ was launched by United Nations (UN) in 2015, with the support of the 193 UN member States, multilateral and civil society organisations, in substitution to the ‘Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) (2000–2015). Inscribed in an Action Plan to ‘Change the World’, the new development Agenda brings together 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), unfolded into 169 goals. Amongst these goals, the paper focuses on SDG 5, which encompass gender equality and female empowerment, besides the elimination of all forms of discrimination, violence, and abusive practices against women and girls; the guarantee of sexual and reproductive rights; and full participation in political, economic, and public life.
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also called the 2030 Agenda, introduce a new development agenda focused on long-term articulated solutions. The agenda has adopted an inclusive and transversal project, which considers girls and women as essential to achieve sustainable development. Amongst their 17 goals, SDG 5 addresses gender equality and female empowerment. This paper emphasises SDG 5 and, more specifically, the 5.5 goal, which concerns female participation in political and leadership spheres. This research aims to indicate the female empowerment advances through the initial mapping of initiatives related to female representation in power spheres underway in South America. The methodology includes documentary and bibliographic research, supported by empirical data.
The paper is structured into five sections
- A historical review about development agendas
- Feminism’s critical approaches
- Strategies to subvert gender inequalities in politics
- Other gender sensitive public policies
- Analysis of SDG 5 advances
The results point out gender is far away from parity, despite recent slight advances in South America. In addition, the increase of women in politics is seen as primordial to achieve gender equality.
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