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The Global Context: Sustainable Development Goals and Gender Equality

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The 2030 Development Agenda, adopted unanimously by the 193 United Nations (UN) member countries on September 25, 2015, is a universal call to action for transforming the world to one that is free from poverty, inequality, violence, manmade natural disasters, and resource depletion for the current and future generations. The 2030 Agenda sets 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 associated Targets that represent a broad intergovernmental consensus on the world’s development priorities. The Goals were set through a participative process led by the UN, which included states, companies, civil society organizations, scientists, and experts over a period of 3 years. “Commitment to universal human rights” is depicted as the overarching normative and ethical framework for the SDGs.

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  1. 1.

    For the Development Agenda, see https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld. Accessed on August 31, 2018.

  2. 2.

    For the 17 SDGs and the 169 Targets, see https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/. Accessed on August 23, 2018.

  3. 3.

    For a synthesis of all VNRs, see UN DESA (2017, 2018). Synthesis of Voluntary National reviews available at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/. For Turkey’s 2016 VNR, see https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/107102030%20Agenda%20Turkey%20Report.pdf. Accessed on April 13, 2019.

  4. 4.

    See https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/. Accessed on April 4, 2019.

  5. 5.

    See the column by Gillian Tee: “The UN started to talk business,” Financial Times, September 21, 2017, https://www.ft.com/content/11b19afc-9d97-11e7-9a86-4d5a475ba4c5. Accessed on August 23, 2018.

  6. 6.

    Report by PWC, SDG Reporting Challenge 2017, see https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/sustainability/SDG/pwc-sdg-reporting-challenge-2017-final.pdf. Accessed on August 23, 2018.

  7. 7.

    UN, General Assembly, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, A/RES/48/104, 20 December 1993, p. 3.

  8. 8.

    Council of Europe (2011), Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, Explanatory report, available at www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/treaty/210.

  9. 9.

    Council of Europe, Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, CETS No. 210, 2011, p. 8.

  10. 10.

    Although working full time may not be sufficient for women to make it to the top due to economic and cultural barriers, it is nevertheless a necessary condition.

  11. 11.

    In her book “Lean In,” Sheryl Sanberg (2013) suggests women who are seeking to advance their careers to be more assertive and focus on self-improvement.

  12. 12.

    For further information about the national surveys, see http://dvatworknet.org/research/national-surveys.

  13. 13.

    For information on the project, please visit ETUC web site: https://www.etuc.org/en/pressrelease/safe-home-safe-work-briefing-etuc-project.

  14. 14.

    For the agenda and background information, see https://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/108/committees/violence-harassment/lang--en/index.htm. Accessed on May 4, 2019.

Abbreviations

CGFT:

Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey

DV:

Domestic Violence

EU:

European Union

ILO:

International Labour Organisation

IPV:

Intimate Partner Violence

SDG:

Sustainable Development Goals

OECD:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

UN:

United Nations

VNR:

Voluntary National Review

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Ararat, M. (2020). The Global Context: Sustainable Development Goals and Gender Equality. In: Ararat, M. (eds) Business Against Intimate Partner Violence. Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance & Fraud: Theory and Application. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9652-7_1

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