Gender, health and the Sustainable Development Goals

Gender, health and the Sustainable Development Goals

Editorials 743 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) address, among other global concerns: health and well-being for all (goal 3); gender equality (goal 5); and the reduction of inequality within and among countries (goal 10). 1 Gender refers to the socially-constructed characteristics of women and men, in all their diversity, while sex refers to purely biological differences. Gender equality...

The sustainable development goals, violence and women’s and children’s health

Perspectives The sustainable development goals (SDGs), which are defined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1 offer an opportunity to achieve the commitments on the prevention of violence against women made by governments in many previous declarations, resolutions and international agreements. One of the goals related to violence is SDG 5, which addresses gender equality and the em...

Rights Language in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Has Right to Health Discourse and Norms Shaped Health Goals?

While the right to health is increasingly referenced in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) discussions, its contribution to global health and development remains subject to considerable debate. This hypothesis explores the potential influence of the right to health on the formulation of health goals in 4 major SDG reports. We analyse these reports through a social constructivist lens which view...

Primary health care and the Sustainable Development Goals.

After the eight Millennium Development Goals that have shaped progress in the past 15 years, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by governments at the UN General Assembly in September, 2015. SDG3 explicitly relates to health—to “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. This goal is translated into 13 targets: three relate to reproductive and child healt...

Planetary Health as a Central Context to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)