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The UN Women defines gender equality as access to equal rights, opportunities, and resources for women, men, girls, and boys regardless of their gender identity (n.d., para. 1). The definition implies that the gender identity of individuals should not constrain their needs and priorities.
The United Nations (UN) defines partnerships as voluntary and consenting association between parties (public or nonpublic) agree to work together toward a mutually agreed set of common goals. They also agree to share risks, responsibilities, resources, and returns from the partnership. (UN 2016, p. 4).
Dr. A.H. Monjurul Kabir, from the UN Women, defines south–south cooperation (SSC) as a “framework for collaboration among the developing countries of the global south to advance their political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and technical goals. SSC includes mutual sharing of knowledge, innovation, skills, and resources to meet developmental goals” (2016, para. 1). It differs...
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Kumar, P., Ulseth, M., Austin, S. (2020). Bridging the Gender Gap to Realize Capacity Building: Role of SDG 5 for SDG 17. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9_122-1
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