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SDG 5: Gender Equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

While some forms of discrimination against women and girls are diminishing, gender inequality continues to hold women back and deprives them of basic rights and opportunities. Empowering women requires addressing structural issues such as unfair social norms and attitudes as well as developing progressive legal frameworks that promote equality between women and men.

See more information about this SDG at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg5

Our projects on SDG 5

A list of articles

  • Disaster Impact Mapping for Health Facilities in Afghanistan

    • Institute
    • Project

    This project aimed to map the risks and potential disruptions to critical health facilities in Afghanistan due to natural disasters, using satellite imagery, GPS data, and service delivery information. By identifying direct and accessibility-related impacts on health facilities, KIT Institute provided national risk and service impact maps to help organizations, like MSF, enhance disaster preparedness […]

  • Assessing Health Facility Preparedness for Disaster Events in Afghanistan

    • Institute
    • Project

    Afghanistan regularly experiences extreme weather and geological hazards resulting in a high burden of mortality, health systems impacts, and economic damage. With climate change and seismic risks, Afghanistan’s health system must adapt by identifying vulnerabilities and enhancing preparedness. This research reviewed the existing tools for assessing health facility preparedness. In addition, through expert involvement, a […]

  • KIT Cocoa Living Income Questionnaire

    • Institute
    • Project

    KIT Institute has for long been at the forefront of living income research in the cocoa sector. Our experts have actively contributed to the Living Income Community of Practice (LICOP) and the Alliance on Living Income in Cocoa (ALICO), developing several tools and guidance documents for measuring the incomes of smallholder cocoa producers and evaluating […]

  • KIT in 2024

    • News

    2024 was a year of transformation and impact at KIT. Here are some highlights from the year:

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  • Navigating systemic market transformation: Mid-term Review of IDH 2021 – 2025

    • Institute
    • Project

    IDH has contracted KIT Institute and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to conduct a mid-term and end-term evaluation of IDH’s full corporate portfolio of programs. IDH is an international organisation that brings together public and private stakeholders with the aim  to make global agricultural markets more sustainable and more inclusive.  In December 2024 KIT completed […]

  • Beatrice Moulianitaki joins KIT’s Supervisory Board

    • News

    We are pleased to announce that Beatrice Moulianitaki has been appointed as a member of our Supervisory Board.

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  • Mid-term Evaluation of The Coffee Farmer Income Resilience Program (CFIRP)

    • Institute
    • Project

    The Coffee Farmer Income Resilience Program (CFIRP), launched in Kenya and Uganda by the IKEA Foundation and IDH, aims to address the daily challenges faced by coffee farmers and improve their livelihoods. The programme focuses on increasing income resilience by integrating sustainable farming practices, known as regenerative agriculture, with support services tailored to farmers’ needs. […]

  • Social media: KIT swaps X for Bluesky

    • News

    After more than 14 years of active presence, we have decided to discontinue our use of social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and start an account on Bluesky.  This decision reflects our commitment to fostering meaningful engagement on platforms that best align with our values and community. We feel that X no longer provides that.  […]

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