Library Guides: Triggering Change: Gender Equality

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International Publishers Association: SDG 5: Gender Equality
The International Publishers Association (IPA) is the world’s largest federation of national, regional and specialist publishers’ associations. This interactive SDG site showcases diverse examples of how publishers are both improving sustainable business practices and act as agents of change in critical areas such as education, equality and justice.
Emerging Technologies: SDG-5: Gender Equality
Gender equality, the fifth of the sustainable development goals of the UN, is a base element for creating a comfortable, sustainable and wealthy world and being a fundamental human right. While achieving the goals for a sustainable future, SDG-5, Gender Equality, will be one of the building blocks of this path. So, taking actions to accomplish the goals of SDG-5 is not only crucial for the related SDG itself, but also it helps to proceed in other SDGs as well. This chapter presents the business models of 16 companies and use cases that employ emerging technologies and create value in SDG-5. We should highlight that one use case can be related to more than one SDG and it can make use of multiple emerging technologies.
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2023
This publication is the latest instalment in the annual series jointly produced by UN Women and UN DESA. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of gender equality progress across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Paths to Equal: Twin Indices on Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality
This report, prepared by UN Women and UNDP, highlights the global challenges faced by women and provides a roadmap for targeted interventions and policy reforms.

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Fairtrade International | SDG 5: Gender Equality
Fairtrade is the most recognized and trusted sustainability label in the world. Fairtrade seeks to enable farmers to achieve better market access, and campaigns to ensure trade policies support their needs in practice.
UN Women
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
To achieve our vision and goals, we will continue to mobilise one of the most powerful forces for change: women-led and feminist activism, rooted in an anti-racist and intersectional approach that challenges and eliminates discrimination in all its forms.
Women's Empowerment Principles
The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a set of Principles offering guidance to business on how to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community.
United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF)
The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) supports local and grassroots women’s civil society leaders and their organizations in conflict and crisis settings worldwide.
International Alliance of Women
The International Alliance of Women (IAW) is an international NGO comprising 41 member organizations involved in the promotion of women’s human rights, of equality and of the empowerment of women . The IAW has general consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council and is accredited to many specialized UN agencies, has participatory status with the Council of Europe and is represented at the Arab League, the African Union and other international organizations.
HeForShe
We Are The United Nations Global Solidarity Movement For Gender Equality. HeForShe is an invitation for men and people of all genders to stand in solidarity with women to create a bold, visible and united force for gender equality.
United Nations Population Fund
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. Our goal is ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030.
Spotlight Initiative
The global Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls is a United Nations initiative in partnership with the European Union and other partners.
European Institute for Gender Equality
We are an independent centre and the primary source for information on gender equality in the European Union.
Capital Monitor | SDG 5, Gender Equality
Latest news in SDG 5, Gender Equality

“Data Page: Law mandates equal pay for work of equal value for women and men”. Our World in Data (2025). Data adapted from World Bank - Women, Business and the Law. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/law-mandate-equal-pay [online resource]

Gender and Data

Gender Data Portal
The World Bank's Gender Data Portal makes the latest gender statistics accessible through compelling narratives and data visualizations to improve the understanding of gender data and facilitate analyses that inform policy choices.
The World Bank In Gender
We cannot end poverty on a livable planet with half the population excluded from opportunity. Featuring data, research, projects, events, and more