Sustainable Development Goal 5
Gender Equality
Introduction
Goal 5 aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls in all aspects of life.
United Nations — Goal 5 targets and indicators
Sub-targets
5.1End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.5Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal leadership opportunities at all levels of decision-making
5.aUndertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources
United Nations — Goal 5 targets and indicators
Saudi Arabia's efforts
The indicator for women's share of the labor force reached 31.3% in Q3 2020, as part of Saudi Vision 2030's targets for women's empowerment.
Saudi Press Agency (SPA) — Women as a cornerstone of Vision 2030
Relevant international conventions
Article 11CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
“The right to equal remuneration … and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value”
Official source:
OHCHR
Saudi Arabia acceded to CEDAW in 2000.
Saudi Press Agency (SPA) — Saudi Arabia's human rights efforts