IDENTITY AND GENDER EQUALITY IN ROMANIA A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the paradigm in which international organizations, UN member states, national, regional and local authorities  act together to solve the concrete problems facing the world today. Although women and girls represent more than half of the world's population, they do not enjoy the same rights and freedom everywhere. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 of the 2030 Agenda proposes to empower  women  by promoting  equal opportunities  for women  and  men  around  the world,   facilitating   women's   access   to   education,   training   and   careers,   ensuring participation in political decision-making and in the management positions of companies, providing  solutions  to accommodate the  time spent  for childcare and family with  the work schedule, preventing and combating all forms of violence against girls and women, improving their access to health and reproductive services. Starting from the targets and indicators  associated with SDG 5, this study proposes a quantitative  assessment  of the quality of life of women in Romania. In this regard, we used data provided by Eurostat, the National Institute of Statistics, the National Commission for Strategy and Forecasting, as well as data from the reports of the National Agency for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men and the European Institute for Gender Equality. To verify the working hypotheses  (research  questions)  we  used  descriptive  statistical  analysis  with  SPSS, Pearson correlation and linear regression processed with the XLSTAT program, graphical representation  techniques with PHILCARTO software.