SDG 5: Gender Equality
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Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
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How is Boston tracking toward SDG 5: Gender Equality?
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Support these regional organizations
Engage with the Boston Women’s Workforce Council, who works with the business community in Boston to remove the visible and invisible barriers for working women.
Support YW Boston, an organization that help individuals and organizations change policies, practices, attitudes, and behaviors with a goal of creating more inclusive environments where women, people of color, and especially women of color can succeed.
Check out the Women's Foundation of Boston, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that creates, funds, and accelerates programs that equip Boston women and girls to be financially independent, successful, and valued leaders in their communities.
Get involved with Boston Women's Fund, a foundation that supports community-based organizations and grassroots initiatives run by women and girls in order to create a society based on racial, economic and social justice.
Take advantage of Equal Pay MA’s digital resource, created to focus specifically on raising awareness and working towards narrowing the gender wage gap.
Become part of General Federation of Women's Clubs, an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service.
Explore the Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts, which fuels progress toward gender equity by funding the most promising solutions, collaborating with results-oriented partners, and by elevating the collective power of local women to take charge, and to lead with purpose.
Learn more about Mass NOW, one of the leading multi-issue, multi-strategy feminist organizations in the Commonwealth.
Relevant legislation
Support these national/international organizations
Check out how UN Women is working to develop and uphold standards and creating an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential.
Investigate how Equal Pay International Coalition is working towards a more equal and inclusive world of work across all countries and sectors.
Learn about the gender wage gap through OECD and the International Labor Organization.
See the research Our World in Data has collected on economic inequalities between men and women.
Support these regional organizations
Encourage any womxn and girls in your life to join the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus (MWPC), a “nonpartisan organization committed to increasing the number of women elected to public office and appointed to public policy positions.”
Check out UMass Boston’s Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, which presents research findings and hosts talks and events.
Support these national organizations
She Should Run provides women interested in running for office with the necessary tools and skillsets to successfully pursue public office.
The Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS) is a nonprofit that works to advance gender equality in national security workspaces. It helps women in the national security workspace with the process of nomination for positions, provides best practices for hiring practices that yield gender diversity, and keeps a database of qualified women for different politically-appointed positions within national security.
Support these regional organizations
Start your business with help from Women Entrepreneurs Boston, which provides skill-building opportunities, technical help, and networking. They help women entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses in the City.
Geek out about She Geeks Out, an organization that empowers womxn in the workplace and educate, promote, and support diverse and inclusive companies and organizations.
Become a member of Boston Business Women, whose mission is to spark the success of Boston’s best female business leaders and entrepreneurs.
Attend one of Ellevate’s workshops and gain a community of smart, savvy women who want to lift each other up and help our community advance in career, personal development, and balance life, family and health.
Support the Barbara Lee Foundation, an organization that advances women’s equality and representation in American politics and in the field of contemporary art.
Join MASSChallenge’s global network and get connected with startups, experts, corporations, and communities to grow and transform businesses and economies.
Connect with the Center for Women and Enterprise, a nationally known nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people start and grow their businesses.
Attend a meeting hosted by North Shore Women in Business, which fosters opportunities for business women to develop professionally and personally through networking, education, and social.
Build business skills and confidence with Women Business Owners Alliance through professional development seminars and meetings, teaching networking/interaction skills, leadership opportunities, and interactive technology.
Join Women's Business Group and expand your network of business contacts, find inspiration & qualities to develop and to share your expertise with others.
Key pieces of state legislation
Support these national/international organizations
Read about how ImpactHER is helping female entrepreneurs in Africa successfully start businesses of their own
The African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program is an important initiative by the US State Department and spearheaded by the Biden-Harris administration.
Seedstars funds entrepreneurial efforts in emerging markets in 14 different countries around the world.