ABSTRACT
The United Nations 2030 agenda for sustainable development, with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is increasingly being adopted by countries globally and is transforming our society. SDG 5, which specifically targets gender equality, is a fundamental human right and a key enabler for achieving sustainability across all SDGs. As the deadline for the 2030 agenda approaches, having a roadmap to translate gender equality promises into action is essential. However, the current state of research on SDG 5 gender equality remains unclear. This paper presents a bibliometric study that implements a novel framework to assess gender equality research trends and associative content based on SDG 5. The bibliometric database for SDG 5 research projects was built by employing contextual text mining to extract relevant research projects from a vast collection of government research databases in Taiwan. The study found that research projects on gender equality have increased from 1993 to 2022 and academic grants are the main funding source, and universities are the main executing agencies with a tendency for research to focus on a single topic. This research provides insights into the measures required to facilitate progress towards SDG 5 and is an important foundation for future studies aimed at achieving gender equality and sustainable development by 2030.
