Expectations from Financing for Development Conference 

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to the achievement of sustainable development. The Rio+20 outcome document, “The Future We Want” (A/Res/66/288), reaffirmed the vital role of women and the need for their full and equal participation and leadership in the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. This is also explicitly recognized in the new post-2015 development agenda and in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically through the proposed SDG 5 on “Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls”, and associated gender targets across other goals.