Editing Gender equality (section)

===United Nations===
{{Main|Special measures for gender equality in the United Nations}}
It is the vision that men and women should be treated equally in [[Social equality|social]], economic and all other aspects of society, and to not be [[gender discrimination|discriminated against on the basis of their gender]].{{Refn|"Mainstreaming a gender perspective is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels. It is a strategy for making women's as well as men's concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality."<ref group=upper-roman>United Nations. Report of the Economic and Social Council for 1997. A/52/3.18 September 1997, p 28.</ref>|group=lower-roman}} Gender equality is one of the objectives of the United Nations [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/undechr1.pdf|title=Universal Declaration of Human Rights|date=December 16, 1948|website=Wwda.org|publisher=United Nations|access-date=October 31, 2016|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328144442/http://wwda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/undechr1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> World bodies have defined gender equality in terms of [[human rights]], especially [[women's rights]], and [[economic development]].<ref name="Smart">{{cite web |date=September 2006 |title=Gender Equality as Smart Economics: A World Bank Group Gender Action Plan (Fiscal years 2007–10) |url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGENDER/Resources/GAPNov2.pdf |access-date=April 25, 2021 |author=World Bank |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505090417/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGENDER/Resources/GAPNov2.pdf |archive-date=May 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name="MDG3">{{cite web|url=http://www.endpoverty2015.org/goals/gender-equity|title=Goal #3 Gender Equity|year=2008|publisher=United Nations Millennium Campaign|access-date=2008-06-01|author=United Nations Millennium Campaign|archive-date=2012-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826104009/http://endpoverty2015.org/goals/gender-equity|url-status=live}}</ref> The United Nation's Millennium Development Goals Report states that their goal is to "achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women". Despite economic struggles in developing countries, the United Nations is still trying to promote gender equality, as well as help create a sustainable living environment is all its nations. Their goals also include giving women who work certain full-time jobs equal pay to the men with the same job.