Negotiating a Language of Gender: SDG5 and the Roman Catholic Church

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1. For example, see Adolphe (2012), a well-argued article putting a view that is shared by many traditional Catholics, especially in the USA.

2. The UN's Agenda, agreed in 2015, comprises 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or Global Goals, which will guide policy and funding for the next 15 years, beginning with a historic pledge to end poverty. The present paper is concerned with SDG5: “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”

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Gillian Paterson

Gillian Paterson (Ph.D.) is a Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London and Coordinator of the Catholic Network on Population and Development. She has a long history of working as a theologian and development practitioner, both in Catholic and in ecumenical contexts. She has written extensively on the interface between faith and health, especially in relation to HIV and AIDS. She has been part of a UNFPA advisory team on gender issues in religion and development.