SDG 5: Gender equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

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Latest SDG 5 news and activity

Understanding Surrey’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector

19 August 2026

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Why are thousands of over-50s missing from the workforce? New Surrey project aims to find out

2 July 2026

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Women hold just 3% of jobs in tourism's biggest transport sector, global study finds

30 June 2026

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Helping women GPs stay could ease the pressure on general practice

24 June 2026

Stop asking whether Pride is a protest or a party, say Surrey researchers

23 June 2026

SDG 5 research projects

Active projects

Perceptions and Effects of Gender-Based Violence Subversive Humor (HUMOR-GV)

Teaching gender equality: A toolkit for teachers

Principal investigator: Professor Harriet Tenenbaum

Completed projects

CAROLINE: Creating A Network on Female Pioneers

Principal investigator: Dr Simona Guerra

Start date: February 2023

End date: July 2023