Achieving Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the Post-2015 Framework

January 2013

This report argues that to achieve real and sustainable change, the post-2015 framework must tackle the underlying causes of gender inequality and promote women’s empowerment. The most effective way to achieve gender equality is through a ‘twin track’ approach, combining a standalone goal with mainstreaming throughout the framework. Targets across the framework must be transformative so that they reflect a lasting change in the power and choices women have over their own lives and tackle the root causes of inequality.

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