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<p>Indicator 5.c.1 is a non-statistical global indicator to monitor global progress
toward Target 5c, which calls on Member States to ‘adopt and strengthen sound policies
and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment
of all women and girls at all levels’.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s Office for National
Statistics is responsible for providing UK data on the global indicators to the UN
for its annual progress reporting.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has adopted many
programmes and policies that address Target 5c, including the introduction of gender
pay gap reporting regulations, increasing flexible working opportunities, promoting
shared parental leave and implementing a strategy to prevent violence against women
and girls.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be reporting on its progress towards
implementing Sustainable Development Goal 5 as part of the UK’s Voluntary National
Review in 2019.</p>
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