Ireland's UN SDGs - Goal 5 Gender Equality 2024

Data Sources and Additional Information

The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are a set of global development targets adopted by the United Nations (UN) member countries in September 2015 to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The UN SDGs are driving the global development agenda towards Agenda 2030.

The Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020 was in direct response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and provides a whole-of-government approach to implement the 17 SDGs. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals 2022-2024 reviews the progress made towards each of the 17 Goals - whether in Ireland or at an international level - showcasing case studies that can help guide us towards best practice. It focuses on the need to fully integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into our thinking and our action across the full spectrum of policy-making and delivery – how to capture the good work already underway, and how to inform and educate ourselves as to what more can be done. 

This release for Goal 5 Gender Equality has 14 SDG indicators which are divided into 3 main chapters: End Discrimination and Violence, Equality and Empowerment.

End Discrimination and Violence

SDG 5.1.1 Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex is reported on in a questionnaire by UN Women, the World Bank Group and the OECD Development Centre.

SDG 5.2.1 Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age. While specific data is not available to meet the definition, indicative information on experiences of sexual violence are available from the CSO from two different sources:

1. CSO - Sexual Violence Survey 2022 
2. CSO - Relationship Between Victims and Reported Suspects for Sexual and Assault Offences

SDG 5.2.2 Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence. While specific data is not available to meet the definition, indicative information on these experiences of sexual violence are available from the CSO Sexual Violence Survey 2022. 

SDG 5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20–24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18 years - data published by CSO, Vital Statistics section show registered marriages in Ireland with exemptions to the legal minimum age for marriage.

SDG 5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15–49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), by age – no data is available but indicative information on FGM is on the Health Service Executive website.

Equality

SDG 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location - information on people who are unpaid carers is provided by the CSO, Census of Population 2022. No information is available on time spent on unpaid domestic work.

SDG 5.5.1 Proportion of seats held by women in (a) National Parliaments and (b) Local Governments - data for national elections were published by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the data for local elections were published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

SDG 5.5.2 Proportion of women in managerial positions is provided by two separate sources:

1. CSO - Labour Force Survey for managers, directors and senior officials
2. CSO - Census of Population 2022 provides data for corporate managers and directors and other managers and proprietors

SDG 5.6.1 Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care - information relating to this indicator is provided by the Department of Health and the Department of Justice.

SDG 5.6.2 Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education - information relating to this indicator is provided by the Department of Health.

Empowerment

SDG 5.a.1 (a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure - data on farm holders is published in the CSO, Farm Structure Survey.

SDG 5.a.2 Proportion of countries where the legal framework (Including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control is guaranteed under the Constitution of Ireland.

SDG 5.b.1 Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex has 2 sources:

1. Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg) data
2. CSO - Internet Coverage and Usage in Ireland survey which provides indicative information on mobile phone ownership by sex, as no other data is available.

SDG 5.c.1 Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment - information in respect of SDG 5.c.1 is provided by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and NDP Delivery and Reform.

Ireland's Population Distribution

The population in each county in Ireland from the results of the Census of Population 2022 are as follows:

NUTS Regions

	Northern & Western NUTS2 Region		Southern NUTS2 Region		Eastern & Midland NUTS2 Region
NUTS3 Regions	Border	Cavan Donegal Leitrim Monaghan Sligo	Mid-West	Clare Limerick Tipperary	Dublin	Dublin City Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin
			South-East	Carlow Kilkenny Waterford Wexford	Mid-East	Kildare Louth Meath Wicklow
	West	Galway Mayo Roscommon	South-West	Cork Kerry	Midland	Laois Longford Offaly Westmeath

Acronyms

DAFM	Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
DCEDIY	Department of Children Equality Disability Integration and Youth
DEFENCE	Department of Defence
DE	Department of Education
DETE	Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
DECC	Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
DFIN	Department of Finance
DFA	Department of Foreign Affairs
DFHERIS	Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
DoH	Department of Health
DHLGH	Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
DoJ	Department of Justice
DPENDR	Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
OPW	Office of Public Works
REVENUE	Revenue Commissioners
DRCD	Department of Rural and Community Development
DSP	Department of Social Protection
DoT	Department of the Taoiseach
DTCAGSM	Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
DT	Department of Transport

Tier Classification for Global UN SDG Indicators

All indicators data are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers based on their level of methodological development and the availability of data at the global level.

Tier Classification Criteria/Definitions:
Tier 1: Indicator is conceptually clear, has an internationally established methodology and standards are available, and data are regularly produced by countries for at least 50 per cent of countries and of the population in every region where the indicator is relevant.
Tier 2: Indicator is conceptually clear, has an internationally established methodology and standards are available, but data are not regularly produced by countries.
Tier 3: No internationally established methodology or standards are yet available for the indicator, but methodology/standards are being (or will be) developed or tested.