Member State commitments
Many UN Member States have committed to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and have announced concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.
- Afghanistan steps it up: Commits to implement anti-violence law and national action plan
- Albania steps it up: More women in decision-making and the labour market
- Algeria commits to ongoing efforts to promote peace and tolerance and implement strategies to improve women’s status
- Angola commits to the empowerment of women and gender equality, the dignity of families and the advancement of women
- Argentina steps it up: Commits to breaking cultural barriers, ending prejudice
- Armenia commits to implement a law on equal rights and opportunities and sign the Istanbul Convention
- Australia makes new commitments internationally and at home to empower women and girls
- Austria steps it up: Reduce gender pay gaps, encourage women candidates and board members
- Azerbaijan steps it up: Gender mainstreaming in all State programmes and legislation to help working women
- Bangladesh steps it up: More opportunities to participate, and an end to child marriage by 2041
- Belgium steps it up: 25 commitments to action, in external and internal policies
- Benin steps it up: Commits to ongoing programmes for women in political and private sector leadership
- Bhutan steps it up: Accelerates implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda gender equality goal
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) steps it up: Vows to ensure new laws are adequately implemented to achieve transformative change
- Bosnia and Herzegovina steps it up: Pledges implementation of the Istanbul Convention
- Botswana steps it up: Remains committed to principle of elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women
- Brazil steps it up: Commits to realizing women’s rights on all fronts
- Brunei Darussalam steps it up: Reaffirms commitment to implement the Beijing Platform for Action
- Bulgaria steps it up: Will adopt a gender equality law and aim to achieve full equality in 15 years
- Burundi steps it up: Commits to reinforcing gains and advancing gender equality under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Cabo Verde steps it up: Boosts efforts to implement national plan, gender-based violence law and public funding for gender equality
- Cambodia steps it up: More investment in gender equality, stronger accountability for progress
- Central African Republic steps it up: Will promote women candidates, calls for bold policy to improve women’s lives
- Chile steps it up: Endorses women’s leadership in politics and aims for women to direct 40 per cent of public enterprises by 2018
- China steps it up: USD $10 million commitment to UN Women, assistance for other developing countries to build 100 health projects for women and children
- Colombia commits to strengthen gender equality policies, eliminate gender disparities in education, reduce female unemployment, implement a plan on ending gender-based violence
- Comoros steps it up: Pledges continued support for reproductive health and expanded economic roles for women
- Costa Rica steps it up: Plans to embrace shared caregiving, promote women’s equality in the workplace
- Côte d’Ivoire steps it up: The country launches the National Council for Women to guide efforts on women’s rights
- Croatia steps it up: Will provide active support women’s empowerment both domestically and internationally, combat stereotypes and aim for better work-life balance
- Cuba steps it up: Ongoing efforts to equalize women’s and men’s roles at home and numbers of women in government decision-making
- Cyprus steps it up: Scaled up support for gender equality rooted in a new national action plan
- Denmark steps it up: Committed to equal opportunities in education and work, and to combatting domestic violence
- Dominican Republic steps it up: A plan to extend early childhood services and financing for women’s businesses
- Estonia steps it up: Under first national gender equality action plan, will reduce the gender pay gap and protect against discrimination
- Fiji steps it up: Pledges to develop gender-inclusive policies and laws, improve protections against gender-based violence
- Finland steps it up: A plan to reduce cases of violence, and a boost for women mediators and training for peacekeepers
- France steps it up: Pledges to advocate financing for women as a priority in climate talks
- Georgia steps it up: Legal reforms to tighten provisions for non-discrimination, campaigns to combat early marriages
- Germany steps it up: Will expand support for women’s professional skills in developing countries, and require corporate boards at home to apply a 30 per cent quota for women
- Guyana steps it up: Commits to safety and protection from violence, offers full support to SDG 5
- Honduras steps it up: Will apply parity to political parties and systematically implement the National Gender Plan
- Hungary commits to take action to prevent and eliminate domestic violence and sexual violence in conflict, increase employment and provide flexible day-care options for women
- Iceland steps it up: Aims to close gender pay gap, provide grants for international equality efforts
- Indonesia steps it up: Intent on more women leaders, fewer maternal deaths and eliminating gender-based violence
- Ireland steps it up: Gender equality a foreign policy priority in the push for the Sustainable Development Goals
- Italy steps it up: New resources of up to 50 million euros will advance gender equality and women’s rights
- Japan steps it up: Pledges a big boost in women’s leadership and development assistance for gender equality
- Jordan steps it up: Pledges to align national laws with international commitments and expand support to women and girls in many areas
- Kazakhstan steps it up: Will provide regional leadership to galvanize transformative change
- Kenya steps it up: Aims for universal access to sexual and reproductive health, progressive action towards economic empowerment
- Kyrgyzstan steps it up: Announces new commitments in its National Action Plan for Gender Equality
- Lao People's Democratic Republic steps it up: Takes steps to stop violence, commits to continued action on gender equality in national plans
- Latvia steps it up: Will bolster laws and support partners to fight violence
- Liberia steps it up: Pledges to pass domestic violence bill and press for an end to female genital mutilation
- Liechtenstein steps it up: Affirms commitment to gender issues in international criminal justice, promises more action to end violence
- Luxembourg steps it up: Aims for 40 per cent participation on boards and among candidates
- Malawi steps it up: Will act to end child marriage, make gender equality integral to national growth and development
- Malaysia steps it up: Aims for more women in the workforce and greater support for single mothers
- Mauritania steps it up: Will continue to empower women in all arenas as an absolute necessity
- Mexico steps it up: Better coordination of national gender equality actions, scaled up measures on reproductive health
- The Federated States of Micronesia steps it up: Finishing unfinished business and aiming for women’s participation in all areas of nation-building
- Montenegro steps it up: Commits to implementing national plan and law towards equality in all areas
- Mozambique steps it up: Stands firm in combatting harmful traditional practices, will expand social protection and access to productive resources
- Namibia steps it up: Aims for equal access to services, roles for women as agents of peace
- Nepal steps it up: Advances guarantees of rights related to reproduction, property and political participation
- Netherlands steps it up: Two new funds back advances in economic and political participation, combat violence, support sexual and reproductive rights
- New Zealand commits to supporting women’s education, leadership and participation, and improving women’s safety (updated)
- fYR Macedonia commits to provide equal opportunities to men and women, step up measures to prevent and address domestic violence
- fYR Macedonia commits to provide equal opportunities to men and women, step up measures to prevent and address domestic violence
- Norway steps it up: Plans long-term efforts to speed up action on gender equality, including through strong laws
- Pakistan steps it up: Determined that women will have central roles in political, economic and other spheres
- Panama steps it up: Commits to greater political participation and the eradication of violence against women
- Paraguay commits to boost resources for rural women and improve coordinated action to prevent violence against women and punish perpetrators
- Romania steps it up: Will launch an integrated system to prevent all forms of violence and encourage a cadre of gender equality experts
- Rwanda commits to increase economic participation of women
- Samoa steps it up: Gender equality and women’s empowerment policies will feature in all areas of government
- Senegal steps it up: Enacts legal and policy reforms, commits to meaningful empowerment and true equality
- Sierra Leone steps it up: Legal reforms, free education and health care empower women and girls
- Slovakia commits to new targets, such as reducing the gender pay gap and increasing support services for women survivors
- Slovakia commits to new targets, such as reducing the gender pay gap and increasing support services for women survivors (updated)
- Slovenia steps it up: Will challenge traditional norms, call on men and boys as agents of change and pursue equality by 2020
- South Africa steps it up: Commits to equity in the workplace by 2030, reduce HIV/AIDS and end violence against women
- South Sudan steps it up: Envisions keeping gender equality at the centre of public policy and ending inequality by 2040
- Spain steps it up: Investments in equal opportunities, awareness campaigns
- Sri Lanka steps it up: Will update national action plan, and sustain firm commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment
- Sweden steps it up: All national policies, budgets and international aid to contribute to gender equality
- Switzerland steps it up: Will combat wage discrimination, achieve a better work-family balance and act against domestic violence
- United Republic of Tanzania steps it up: Intends to amend all laws with discriminatory provisions and leverage economic growth to advance women’s equality
- Thailand steps it up: Education to cultivate acceptance of gender equality, data to monitor progress, training to promote gender-responsive budgeting
- Timor-Leste steps it up: Ending gender discrimination an ongoing priority in commitment to the SDGs and Beijing Platform for Action
- Tunisia steps it up: With transition demonstrating the benefits of women in office, seeks to expand their participation
- The United States of America to work towards a world where every woman and girl can enjoy their rights and freedoms
- Viet Nam steps it up: Will devote all necessary resource to close gender gaps, extend employment and other services for women in remote areas
- Zambia steps it up: Dedicated to fighting the scourge of gender-based violence and investing in women’s economic empowerment