Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch 2016, para. 40
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In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 70/1), which sets out 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets to be achieved within the coming 15 years. Sustainable Development Goal 5 is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. What is remarkable is that gender equality and women's empowerment are recognized as "a crucial contribution to progress across all the Goals and targets". Goal 5 has nine specific, interrelated and mutually supportive targets that address many important barriers to advancing women's rights and are accompanied by gender-specific targets and indicators across other Goals.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences