The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals affirms that gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world; in fact, realising gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls will be a crucial contribution to progress across all the Goals and Targets. In 2021, The Pan-Arctic Report on Gender Equality in the Arctic, a product of the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group, embraced these principles and highlighted the necessity of cooperation across the Arctic on gender. The Report identified shared challenges and gaps, and put forward suggestions and recommendations, including gender-based analysis and gender mainstreaming as necessary strategies for promoting and ensuring gender equality including social and economic development in the Arctic. This presentation will highlight the importance of recognition and appreciation of diversity and balanced participation in leadership and decision-making both in the public and private sectors. It will do so by presenting some of the lessons learned about engagement, collaboration and inclusion during the inception, writing, reviewing and disseminating of The Pan-Arctic Report on Gender Equality in the Arctic.
