Since the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), researchers have sought to analyze the performance of states and the policies that nations can adopt to implement the results of the individual Goals (Dello Strologo et al., Organizational Resilience and Female Entrepreneurship During Crises. Springer: Switzerland, 2021). Hepp et al. (Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: why prioritization of the gender goal is essential”, Global Policy, 10: 677–685, 2019) indicated that the pursuit of the commitments made by signing the 2030 Agenda must be conducted by prioritizing the SDGs and identifying SDG5 on gender equality as central. This study, therefore, aims to analyze, for the European nations that perform best in the individual SDG5 indicators, the policies adopted to identify the most effective actions. To achieve the research objective, the authors used an exploratory qualitative methodology, the case study, which allows investigating contemporary phenomena in their context (Blaikie, Designing Social Research: The Logic of Anticipation, Polity Press: Malden, 2000) and obtaining a broad description of a particular phenomenon (Yin, Case study research and Applications, 6th ed., Sage: Thousand Oaks, 2018). In addition, the study was completed with quantitative analysis to see if the countries identified as the best according to the qualitative analysis will also be the best by 2030. This article aims to analyze the policies adopted by European countries to meet the commitments made by signing the 2030 Agenda (United Nations, Transforming OurWorld: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Division for Sustainable Development Goals: New York, NY, USA, 2015) in terms of gender equality to ascertain which policies have proven to be most effective. Although other studies have analyzed the pursuit of the SDGs, to date no study has investigated the policies that are enabling excellent results for each indicator of SDG5 which, as has been indicated, represents the Goal that must be prioritized in the pursuit. It is believed that the results of this study provide governments with the tools to identify, and possibly adopt, policies that can increase gender equality outcomes. In addition, the adoption of such policies could amplify the positive effects from an integrated perspective and, consequently, increase the commitment of states in the pursuit of the 2030 Agenda. It is believed that these results can be achieved, as policies will be analyzed which, to date, based on data provided by Eurostat, have already made it possible to achieve excellent results in the individual indicators of SDG5.
Dello Strologo, A., D’Andrassi, E., Ventimiglia, F. (2023). The Prioritization of the SDGs: Analysis of European Policies in Favor of Gender Equality. In R.L. Paola Paoloni (a cura di), When the Crisis Becomes an Opportunity: The Role of Women in the Post-Covid Organization (pp. 243-254). Springer [10.1007/978-3-031-21932-0_16].
The Prioritization of the SDGs: Analysis of European Policies in Favor of Gender Equality
Dello Strologo, Alberto;D’Andrassi, Edoardo
;Ventimiglia, Francesca
2023-01-01
Abstract
Since the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), researchers have sought to analyze the performance of states and the policies that nations can adopt to implement the results of the individual Goals (Dello Strologo et al., Organizational Resilience and Female Entrepreneurship During Crises. Springer: Switzerland, 2021). Hepp et al. (Accelerating the United Nation’s 2030 Global Agenda: why prioritization of the gender goal is essential”, Global Policy, 10: 677–685, 2019) indicated that the pursuit of the commitments made by signing the 2030 Agenda must be conducted by prioritizing the SDGs and identifying SDG5 on gender equality as central. This study, therefore, aims to analyze, for the European nations that perform best in the individual SDG5 indicators, the policies adopted to identify the most effective actions. To achieve the research objective, the authors used an exploratory qualitative methodology, the case study, which allows investigating contemporary phenomena in their context (Blaikie, Designing Social Research: The Logic of Anticipation, Polity Press: Malden, 2000) and obtaining a broad description of a particular phenomenon (Yin, Case study research and Applications, 6th ed., Sage: Thousand Oaks, 2018). In addition, the study was completed with quantitative analysis to see if the countries identified as the best according to the qualitative analysis will also be the best by 2030. This article aims to analyze the policies adopted by European countries to meet the commitments made by signing the 2030 Agenda (United Nations, Transforming OurWorld: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Division for Sustainable Development Goals: New York, NY, USA, 2015) in terms of gender equality to ascertain which policies have proven to be most effective. Although other studies have analyzed the pursuit of the SDGs, to date no study has investigated the policies that are enabling excellent results for each indicator of SDG5 which, as has been indicated, represents the Goal that must be prioritized in the pursuit. It is believed that the results of this study provide governments with the tools to identify, and possibly adopt, policies that can increase gender equality outcomes. In addition, the adoption of such policies could amplify the positive effects from an integrated perspective and, consequently, increase the commitment of states in the pursuit of the 2030 Agenda. It is believed that these results can be achieved, as policies will be analyzed which, to date, based on data provided by Eurostat, have already made it possible to achieve excellent results in the individual indicators of SDG5.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
