Global Health

     In 2015, United Nations set 17 Sustainable Development Goals to achieve with its member. Among those Sustainable Development Goals, I chose number 5 (Achieve Gender’s equality and empower women). Violence against women in Asia is high and severe. More than 37% of women in South Asia, 40% of women in South East Asia, and 68% of women in the Pacific have experienced abuse from their partners  ( Focus Areas: End Violence against Women , n.d.) .      The Philippines is located in South East Asia. It is an island country with 107,418,655 people. It is also the thirteenth most populated country  ( Where Is the Philippines in the World?  n.d.) . The Philippines has also accepted the global goal to end all forms of violence and injustice against women. The SDG 5 targets of the UN consist of multiple indicators like women participation in politics, decision making, education level, eliminate all the harmful practices such as child marriage, ...

                 In 2015, United Nations set 17 Sustainable Development Goals to achieve with its member. Among those Sustainable Development Goals, I chose number 5 (Achieve Gender’s equality and empower women). The best way to measure the progress of a nation is y looking at the way how they treat females. The topic of gender equality covers all the burning issues worldwide. They are  women's education, maternal health, economic empowerment of females, and the role of women in family, community, politics, and more. According to the study conducted by the UN, "women constitute more than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population. Another research depicts that 80% of the world’s refugees are women. Also, women only own 1% of the world’s resources and earn a small part (1/10th) of the world’s income  (Srivastava, 2019)."       Bangladesh is located in South Asia bordered by India from  three sides, ...