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Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals through Art – Goal 5: Gender Equality

Intended Audience
Grade 6 to 12 children enrolled in the Canadian education and the International Baccalaureate systems and educators based in Canada. With adaptation, the toolkit is also suitable for young people and educators in other countries who are interested in using it.
- L. Islam, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
“This toolkit of lesson plans and activities explores the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 5 - Gender Equality - through arts and culture. We will look at sustainable development stories from Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s international work, historical artefacts from the Aga Khan Museum’s collection, and Canada’s work towards the Global Goals.” (P.6)
Avaiable in
- English
SDGs LINKAGES
This open-access toolkit helps educators make use of museum collections to educate children and young people about the SDG goals, SDG 5 (gender equality) in particular, and encourage them to reflect on current affairs and happenings. Topics and contents presented in this tool are highly related to SDG targets 5.1 (end all forms of discrimination against women and girls), 5.2 (eliminate all forms of violence), 5.3 (end all harmful practices to women and girls), 5.5 (participation and equal opportunities for women and girls), 5.B (information to promote the empowerment of women).
The toolkit also helps users achieve SDG target 4.1 (provision of quality primary and secondary education) and 4.7 (knowledge and skills for sustainable development).
Click on the SDG Target to discover Our Collections Matter indicators
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of programmes drawing on collections that support children at risk of exclusion or otherwise not completing primary and secondary education.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Numbers of people in each type of programme drawing on collections from different demographic groups.
- Increases in numbers of people in each type of programme from different demographic groups.
- Proportion of people involved in such programmes in relation to overall audience size.
- Evidence that learners have acquired knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Collections development to ensure that collections effectively meet the needs of all, irrespective of sex or gender.
- Number and proportion of educational and participatory programmes that promote participation irrespective of sex or gender.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people making use of collections in relation to the demographic of the local population.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people involved in focused programmes aimed at promoting social, economic and political inclusion.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people from different demographic groups involved in decision-making processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
- Number and types of partnerships that build relationships with people of different sex and gender.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Collections development, to ensure collections can be used as a basis for programmes that aim to raise awareness of, and reduce, all forms of violence against women and girls.
- Number of educational, awareness-raising and partnership programmes drawing on collections that aim to reduce, prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number and proportion of women included in programmes, partnerships and processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions at:
i. foundation/entry levels
ii. intermediate levels
iii. senior levels, including management, leadership and decision-making.
- Number and proportion of women included in programmes, partnerships and processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions at:
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of programmes that support ICT skills, notably for girls and women.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Collections development, to ensure collections can be used to help eliminate harmful practices.
- Educational, awareness-raising and partnerships using collections that aim to reduce child, early and forced marriage, and female genital mutilation.