Gender equality is not just a goal — it is the foundation of a fair, peaceful, and sustainable world. Three decades after the landmark Beijing Declaration, equality remains elusive: women still hold ...
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afrihealth Optonet Association, has called for urgent, coordinated action to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender ...
Gender inequality isn’t just unfair — it’s also a drag on the world economy. Giving women the same economic opportunities as men would add about US$12 trillion to global gross domestic product by 2025 ...
Eight years ago, the world signed up to an unprecedented project. At a United Nations summit in September 2015, 193 countries agreed to work towards 17 goals with the aim of improving the lives of all ...
The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them. In 2015, the UN General ...
PRINCIPAL director of the Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA), Sharon Coburn Robinson, says the Gender Focal Point Network continues to play an integral role in driving the implementation of ...
Seventeen is a lot. It is surely the sign of a United Nations insider that they can remember the names and numbers (and even the associated colours) of each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals ...