This paper contributes to the debate on the agency of the South in shaping global norms by focusing on the adoption of sustainable development as the consensus framework for the SDGs. Based on documentary and archival research, interviews with stakeholders, and direct participant observation of the SDG negotiations and consultations, the paper chronicles the ideas originating from the South in the emergence and subsequent evolution of the sustainable development concept and the adoption of the SDG.
This book chapter reviews the literature supporting a genetic basis for obsessive-compulsive disorder, advancing SDG 5, gender equality.
This article addresses SDGs 3 and 5 by analysing the effectiveness of an intervention designed to prevent physical intimate partner violence against women in Tanzania. Women who completed the 10-session social empowerment intervention reported lower rates of physical intimate partner violence than those in the control group, demonstrating that intimate partner violence can be prevented through empowerment of women.
Advancing SDGs 5 and 10, this article looks at a prosocial approach to performance management processes, such as empowerment, mentoring, and feedback, should ultimately increase gender equity in organizations. Organizational training and policies that reinforce leader communal orientation and prestige motivation will ultimately support women's career advancement and gender equity.
The #SDGBookClub helps children learn about the Sustainable Development Goals. The book club presents a selection of books for children aged 5-12 on each of the goals. Check out the books that have been selected in support of Goal 5 - Gender Equality.
Advancing SDG 5 (gender equality), Elsevier is preparing a new global gender and research report to promote gender diversity and advance gender equity using data and an evidence-based approach.
This article addresses SDGs 3, 5, and 8 by highlighting that many female migrant domestic workers and live-in carers experience physical, verbal, and sexual abuse and assaults, most often perpetrated by their employers.
This article addresses SDGs 3 and 5 by assessing the effectiveness of an online intervention tool for women experiencing intimate partner violence in Australia. The study found no meaningful improvement in self-efficacy or depressive symptoms overall, but some women reported benefits with the intervention, highlighting the need to further develop and refine online decision aids for this purpose.
This book chapter addresses SDG 5 with delivering key career advice collected from 23 female professors specific for young women.
The number of countries with a national development plan has more than doubled, from about 62 in 2006 to 134 in 2018. This paper analyses the resurgence of national development planning, identifies the types and content of the plans, and their implications and interactions with the SDGs and the global development agenda.
