Description
The SDGs are premised on the idea of “leaving no one behind.” While the consultation process for the development of SDG#5 (Gender Equality and the Empowerment of all Women) was more inclusive and incorporated diverse forms of knowledge from civil society, scholars, international organizations, and intergovernmental agencies, I suggest that SDG #5 does leave people behind through the ways that gender, sexuality, family, labour, and disability are framed and/or omitted. This has implications for how knowledge is shared and produced through indicator frameworks and the implementation of SDG#5 in relation to feminist foreign policy. This paper will examine how the mapping of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) onto SDG 5, limits the reach and scope of FIAP.
