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). Switzerland is a champion itself on the topic of gender equality and it is partnered with the UN for gender equality around the world.
Switzerland is involved with UN women on all the issues related to gender like the pay gap, violence against women, gender equality in governance, budgeting, and reducing the pay gap (Partner Spotlight: Switzerland, n.d.). Switzerland has taken a bold step and placed women's issues in their institutional agenda to achieve SDG goals by 2030. Switzerland's new SDG objectives have placed gender equality at the top among its seven objectives. From a national level to a domestic level Switzerland has placed legislation where a company with more than 50 employees should review their pay policy with the login software to monitor the pay gap between men and women (Switzerland Commits to Combat Wage Discrimination, Achieve a Better Work-Family Balance and Act against Domestic Violence (Updated), n.d.).
Many countries should follow Switzerland's protocols to get gender equality. They have designed a whole new software with legislation just to monitor the pay gap in companies. Switzerland also provides funding to the municipalities to establish enough daycare so that women and men both can work and make careers freely.
References:
Partner spotlight: Switzerland | Partnerships: Government partners: Top government partners. (n.d.). UN Women. Retrieved April 23, 2021, from https://www.unwomen.org/en/partnerships/donor-countries/top-donors/switzerland.
Switzerland commits to combat wage discrimination, achieve a better work-family balance, and act against domestic violence (updated). (n.d.). UN Women. Retrieved April 23, 2021, from https://www.unwomen.org/en/get-involved/step-it-up/commitments/switzerland
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The Switzerland people and government are becoming a very top game in the 17th sustainable development goals. It does not surprise me that they are among the top for general quality and a partner in the United Nations for gender equality worldwide. It’s cool to see that they were involved within you in women’s for all the issues related to gender. I like the fact that you mentioned all of them like pay gap, violence against women, junior equality and government see, ways of reducing the pig abs and also budgeting. Another cool that is that that you mention that not only did they join to achieve their 17 sustainable development goals, but they put it in writing and made it part of their plan to achieve goal number seven in general equality for women in to put women at the forefront to stop gender he quality. It’s cool to see that then, on the domestic level of Switzerland, replace legislation where a company with more than 50 employees should review their pay policy within the login software to monitor the pay gas between men and women, which is very smart.