SDG 5: Gender Equality

By 2030, all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere should be ended. Instead, women and girls should have equal opportunities to participate in political, economic and public life.

Women's harvest

In northern Mali, women smallholders are providing good and healthy food. Thanks to new vegetable varieties, goat farming and improved methods of growing rice, they are enhancing not only their income, but also their standing in the community.

Eine Frau hockt neben einem Wasserhahn im Freien, der in einen Eimer Wasser einfüllt. Sie trägt einen lila Kopfbedeckung, ein grünes Poloshirt und einen gemusterten Rock. Im Hintergrund ist ein einfacher Holzzaun zu sehen.

Solar power system

A solar pump at an agricultural training centre in Benin has made the donkey work of irrigating fields a thing of the past.

Offene Behälter gefüllt mit einer Vielzahl bunter Metallösen von oben fotografiert. Die Ösen sind in den Farben Silber, Blau, Grün und Rot sortiert. Sie sind auf einer dunklen Oberfläche platziert, die den farblichen Kontrast hervorhebt.

Forging a new path

In Ethiopia, refugees and Ethiopians learn together and put what they have learned into practice. Four people share their story.

Dreams you can touch

As they look for alternatives to migration, young people in El Salvador now receive support with vocational training, finding employment and personal development.