The fifth Sustainable Development Goal challenges the world to “Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls.”
Women are among the most powerful investments we can make to build a better future.
Despite improvements over the past three decades, ongoing initiatives designed to target major issues like education inequality, access to health care, job creation and equal pay, women faced notable (and measurable) disadvantages.
The conditions of societies in developing countries, such as the Busoga region, are poorer, as one might expect. And as stated in our vision, we are determined to dig deeper into building practical solutions.
According to the World Bank’s World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development, closing these gender gaps matters for development and policymaking.
Greater gender equality can enhance economic productivity, improve development outcomes for the next generation, and make institutions and policies more representative.
To be effective, these policies must address the underlying causes of inequality without neglecting the domestic political economy.
