Sustainable Development Goal 5 – Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls – evokes an aspiration cherished by so many for so long. However, numerous constraints and challenges have held back progress toward realizing this important goal, without which several other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will remain in jeopardy. Persistent efforts have been underway internationally, regionally, and nationally to take concrete action to address critical issues hindering the advancement of women’s and girls’ human rights. But based on current trends, much more needs to be done to accelerate progress towards eliminating gender-based discrimination that still persists in many countries around the world…
The Denver Journal of International Law & Policy is one of the oldest international law journals in the United States and is ranked internationally. It is managed and edited by students at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
