Promoting gender equality across the sustainable development goals

Walter Leal Filho^{1

2}, Marina Kovaleva¹, Stella Tsani³, Diana-Mihaela Țîrcă⁴, Chris Shiel⁵, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis⁶, Melanie Nicolau⁷, Mihaela Sima⁸, Barbara Fritzen⁹, Amanda Lange Salvia¹⁰, Aprajita Minhas¹, Valerija Kozlova¹¹, Federica Doni¹², Jane Spiteri¹³, Tanushka Gupta¹⁴, Kutoma Wakunuma¹⁵, Mohit Sharma¹⁶, Jelena Barbir¹, Kalterina Shulla¹, Medani P Bhandari^{17

18}, Shiv Tripathi¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management", Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany.
² School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6BH UK.
³ Department of Economics, University of Ioannina, University Campus, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.
⁴ Faculty of Economics, Department of Management and Business Administration, "Constantin Brâncuși" University of Târgu-Jiu, Str. Tineretului, Nr. 4, Târgu-Jiu Gorj, Romania.
⁵ Department of Life & Environmental Science, Bournemouth University, Poole Dorset, BH12 5BB UK.
⁶ UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal.
⁷ Department of Geography, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6, Florida, 1710 South Africa.
⁸ Environment and GIS Department, Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, 12 Dimitrie Racovita St., Sector 2, 023993 Bucharest, Romania.
⁹ University of Passo Fundo, BR 285, São José, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul 99052-900 Brazil.
¹⁰ Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, BR 285, São José, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul 99052-900 Brazil.
¹¹ Faculty of Business and Economics, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, Meza iela 3, Riga, 1048 Latvia.
¹² Department of Business and Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8, 20126 Milan, Italy.
¹³ Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, Room 234, Old Humanities Building, Msida, MSD 2080 Malta.
¹⁴ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600041 India.
¹⁵ Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Gateway House, Leicestershire, LE1 9BH UK.
¹⁶ Department of Public Policy and Public Administration, Central University of Jammu, Rahya Suchani, District- Samba, Bagla, J&K 181143 India.
¹⁷ Akamai University, 3211, Gibson Road, Durham, NC 27703 USA.
¹⁸ Sumy State University, Petropavlivska str, 57, Educational building К2, Cabinets 347-361, Sumy, 40000 Ukraine.
¹⁹ Institute of Health Management and Research, IIHMR University, 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Jaipur, 302029 India.

PMID: 36124160
PMCID: PMC9476407
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-022-02656-1

Promoting gender equality across the sustainable development goals

Walter Leal Filho et al. Environ Dev Sustain. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 15:1-22.

doi: 10.1007/s10668-022-02656-1. Online ahead of print.

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Affiliations

¹ Research and Transfer Centre "Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management", Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany.
² School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, All Saints Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6BH UK.
³ Department of Economics, University of Ioannina, University Campus, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.
⁴ Faculty of Economics, Department of Management and Business Administration, "Constantin Brâncuși" University of Târgu-Jiu, Str. Tineretului, Nr. 4, Târgu-Jiu Gorj, Romania.
⁵ Department of Life & Environmental Science, Bournemouth University, Poole Dorset, BH12 5BB UK.
⁶ UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal.
⁷ Department of Geography, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6, Florida, 1710 South Africa.
⁸ Environment and GIS Department, Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, 12 Dimitrie Racovita St., Sector 2, 023993 Bucharest, Romania.
⁹ University of Passo Fundo, BR 285, São José, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul 99052-900 Brazil.
¹⁰ Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, BR 285, São José, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul 99052-900 Brazil.
¹¹ Faculty of Business and Economics, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, Meza iela 3, Riga, 1048 Latvia.
¹² Department of Business and Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8, 20126 Milan, Italy.
¹³ Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, Room 234, Old Humanities Building, Msida, MSD 2080 Malta.
¹⁴ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600041 India.
¹⁵ Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Gateway House, Leicestershire, LE1 9BH UK.
¹⁶ Department of Public Policy and Public Administration, Central University of Jammu, Rahya Suchani, District- Samba, Bagla, J&K 181143 India.
¹⁷ Akamai University, 3211, Gibson Road, Durham, NC 27703 USA.
¹⁸ Sumy State University, Petropavlivska str, 57, Educational building К2, Cabinets 347-361, Sumy, 40000 Ukraine.
¹⁹ Institute of Health Management and Research, IIHMR University, 1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Jaipur, 302029 India.

PMID: 36124160
PMCID: PMC9476407
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-022-02656-1

Abstract

Gender issues, and gender equality in particular, can be regarded as cross-cutting issues in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), even though it is unclear how they are taken into account. This study addresses this information gap by performing an assessment of the emphasis on gender issues across all the other 16 SDGs, in addition to SDG5, through a literature review and case study analysis, the basis for the newly developed framework, highlighting specific actions associated to each SDG. The 13 countries addressed in the 16 case studies include China, India, or Australia and illustrate the inclusion of SDG5 into the SDGs. Using an SDG matrix, the SDG targets are analysed. Those where an emphasis on gender equality is important in allowing them to be achieved are listed. The novelty of our approach resides in offering an in-depth analysis of how gender issues interact with the other SDGs, proposing a new analysis framework clearly identifying SDGs 1, 4, 11, 12, 14 and 16 demanding further attention for successful SD gender implementation and illustrating specific areas where further actions may be necessary, which may be used by policy-makers, raising further awareness on gender equality contribution to achieve the SDGs. A set of recommendations aimed at placing gender matters more centrally in the SDGs delivery are presented as a final contribution. These focus on the need for greater awareness and attention to good practices, to achieve successful implementation initiatives.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10668-022-02656-1.

Keywords: Gender across SDGs; Gender equality; SDG5; Sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interestThe authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.

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**Fig. 1**
Gender Inequality Index, by developing region, 2020, modified from UNDP (2020)

**Fig. 2**
Life-course Gender Gap, 2019, modified from UNDP (2020)

**Fig. 3**
Proposed framework for considering gender impact across all the SDGs

**Fig. 4**
Percentage of gender inequality impact on SDG goals, according to the authors’ proposed methodology

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