Timeline
of relevant SDG Targets for the intersection of
the Economy Womanifesto item and the Gender Equality SDG goal.
2019
Promote and facilitate a city-wide commitment to ending period poverty for girls and women
2020
Enable people in work, particularly women, to progress their careers through adapting the Ways To Work network
Ensure that this is available and useful to women with multiple protected characteristics, and is providing truly useful and equal opportunities for people and women across Bristol. Furthermore, that they take into account childcare and advertise part-time and flexible roles.
BWV Actions: Ensure that the City Listening Project outcomes relating to the barriers that women face accessing work such as economic status, familial and caring responsibilities are taken into account during planning discussions. Highlight the importance of a holistic approach which takes account of barriers to women progressing their careers (to include employers) to key decision making bodies, both in local governments and big businesses.
2022
Ensure all unpaid carers are identified, assessed, supported and valued in their caring role, recognised and respected as ‘expert partners in care’
The role of women in unpaid care should be recognised for the family and community support it affords the social care infrastructure. It should also be made a priority that men and women are enabled to do a 50/50 split of paid and unpaid work through affordable and accessible social care.
2023
Each child has the opportunity to receive age-appropriate information on gender identity and sexual orientation regardless of how they may identify, including examples of positive LGBTQ+ role models
As some Bristol schools have already seen considerable push-back to sex education classes, their should be a focus on supporting schools and providing clear information to parents as to why children are being educated about matters surrounding gender and sexuality.
BWV Actions: Ideally, getting age-appropriate information about gender and sexuality should come from both parents and schools. In order to encourage parents to talk to their children about gender and sexuality BWV should utilise and signpost organisations such as Outspoken.
2023
Take steps to ensure people living and working in Bristol will know and understand that there is a zero tolerance approach to domestic and sexual violence and abuse
BWV Actions: Facilitating discussions between community organisations to coordinate a response that gives citizens of Bristol information about where to go if they experience sexual or domestic violence, but also more importantly widely disseminates information about how to prevent it and report it. Advocating for more relationships education in schools across Bristol and 'myth-busting' sessions for adults.
2026
The incidence of forced marriage and FGM taking place in Bristol has reduced from the 2018 level
BWV Actions: Support and signpost organisations that specialise in tackling FGM and forced marriage such as Karma Nirvana, The Halo Project and True Honour. All responses to FGM and honour based violence must be community-led and inter-agency, so BWV's should be involved by reaching out to community groups to build their internal capcity and provide them with information and education that empowers women, then feeding back their findings to the Safety Task Group of the Women's Commission and the Bristol City Council more widely to ensure the right support is being given.
2030
Bristol is a city free of FGM and forced marriage
BWV Actions: Signpost women to organisations that specialise in FGM and forced marriage when necessary, contribute towards empowering women by supporting campaigns and projects to educate women and girls and help gain economic freedoms.
2036
All young carers will be identified, assessed and supported in their role as a carer, taking a ‘whole family approach’ to reduce the impact on their own health and wellbeing
BWV Actions: We can aim to assist with two steps of the whole family approach. Firstly, we can provide a space for women's organisations to collaborate in order to assist the coach finding the right support for families. Secondly, we can help women to overcome some of the barriers that prevent women from fully participating in family life by campaigning for better employment rights, better housing and better education for adults.
2040
There is no gender pay gap in Bristol, across all employment sectors
In order for this to be achieved action should be started immediately, by reinstating the commitment for employers to publish their wage gaps. Furthermore, support should be given to the sectors hardest hit by COVID-19 which are female-dominated sectors such as hospitality and those working in social care. Moreover, within female-dominated industries there should be gender targets for management positions at all levels of organisations as a tool for addressing these inequalities.
2049
Bristol will be a city free from domestic abuse and gender inequality
BWV Actions: In order to tackle domestic violence, we should take part in Safer Bristol Partnership/BWC Safety Task Group. Liaise with VAWAG organisations, academics and criminal justice agencies to gather information and make a plan for how to proceed within the city. Further Zero Tolerance work with employers. Gender quality has to be tackled holistically, but from the results of CLP and the COVID-19 report, key issues appear to be childcare and employment. Therefore these are key areas to focus on moving forwards.
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This goal should also include more education about periods and other aspects of menstruation and reproductive health.
BWV Actions: Continue to run menopause workshops and other health-related sessions to women outside of formal education. Highlight areas of key concern to the health board of the Women's Commission (WC), and provide this information to the education partners within the WC to enable them to lead the discussion regarding female health in education to include menopause as part of period/menstruation education.