SDG 5: Gender Equality

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• Discrimination against women and girls can lead to ill health
• Discrimination may include forced early marriage or pressure to start a family.  
• Women and girls experience discrimination when they are excluded from paid work and/or the political sphere
• There are human rights related to gender equality, for example:
• End discrimination against women in all areas of life
• Right to decide the number and spacing of children
• Special protection for people who need it, such as mothers, children and older people
• End of violence against women and girls throughout life
• Right to just and favourable conditions of work
• Access to sexual and reproductive health and rights for all people