SDG 5: Gender equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

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Latest SDG 5 news and activity

New paper provides roadmap for optimum maternal and fetal health 

14 July 2025

Swimming pool

Making sport fun again could keep more girls in the game, say Surrey researchers

7 July 2025

Dr Nadine Itani winning leading woman in aviation award at Airport Show in Dubai, May 2025

Dr Nadine Itani recognised as a leading woman in aviation

13 May 2025

New research highlights key factor influencing teachers’ willingness to address sexism in the classroom

29 April 2025

Surrey delegate visiting Adelaide

Ambitious UK–Australia research partnership could accelerate progress in space, AI and cybersecurity

15 April 2025

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