5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

People's participation lays the foundation for achieving goals and targets. This is true to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals as envisaged by the UN. Experiences show that community participation is possible through effective local governance system . Of the seventeen SDGs, goal five specifically focusses on gender equality. Achieving gender equality is a compex challenge that requires inclusive action. The first seven of the targets of SDG five, directly focusses on womens day today challenges including ending harassment, violence, early marriage, genital mutilation, highlighting and valueing unpaid labour, empowering in leadership roles and right to reproductive health and economic resources. The last two targets, however, offer vision of how gender equality can be achieved and maintained. Participation, economic empowerment, ensuring quality education, health care, reproductve rights and empowerment are the six dimensions aimed at. Participatory plannig gains prominence when plannig is done as per resources available.The localisation of SDGs can be easily undertaken by following thematic approach in planning. Since the inception of SDG in 2015, many of the countries have not adopted localisation methodology which is result oriented. Only six years have been left to attain the 2030 Agenda This is the right time to intervine with greater focus on localisation of SDG in general and gender mainstreaming in particular.Best practices which can be considered as replicable models exist in various countries. This can be braught together for wider dessimination and adoption or adaptation.