Gender Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/gender/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 10 Feb 2019 16:37:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 #SDGLive at #WEF18: The Future is Female /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/sdglive-wef18-future-female/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 23:31:06 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44050 The post #SDGLive at #WEF18: The Future is Female appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> #SDGLive at #WEF18: Powering Gender Equality and Inclusion /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/sdglive-wef18-powering-gender-equality-inclusion/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 05:02:25 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43970 A conversation with Olga Miler, Global Program Architect of UBS Unique ;Rachel Samren, Chief External Affairs Officer, Millicom. Moderator: Stephen Keppel, Vice President of Social Impact at Univision and Fusion Media Group. UBS's Olga Miller joined Millicom's Rachel Samren in the #SDGLive studio to discuss why inclusiveness and #genderequity are good for society and good business.

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]]> Progress against hunger, poverty hinges on empowering indigenous women – ĢƵ agriculture chief /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/progress-hunger-poverty-hinges-empowering-indigenous-women-un-agriculture-chief/ Mon, 15 Jan 2018 21:29:35 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=43712 Empowering indigenous women – who have higher malnutrition rates than any other social group and typically earn far less than men – is key to successfully fighting hunger and extreme poverty, the United Nations agriculture chief has said.

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]]> COP23: Empowering women to become self-reliant in Sudan /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/cop23-empowering-women-become-self-reliant-sudan/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:24:22 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=41775 The post COP23: Empowering women to become self-reliant in Sudan appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> COP23: Sierra Leone activist on climate literacy /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/cop23-sierra-leone-activist-climate-literacy/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:09:45 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=41309 The post COP23: Sierra Leone activist on climate literacy appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> ĢƵ climate conference recognizes the role of women in climate action /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/un-climate-conference-recognizes-the-role-of-women-in-climate-action/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:46:21 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=34689 Also Sunday, countries and corporations announced new initiatives to cut emissions from forest use and establish sustainable forestry management programmes.

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]]> ĢƵ officials make call to ‘Step It Up’ for gender equality /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/03/un-officials-make-call-to-step-it-up-for-gender-equality/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:41:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=15892 Senior ĢƵ officials from around the world are marking International Women's Day with calls to “Step It Up” with more resources and greater political action to achieve gender equality by 2030.

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]]> Ban announces High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/01/ban-announces-high-level-panel-on-womens-economic-empowerment/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:03:11 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=14951 Ban Ki-moon announced the first-ever panel to provide leadership and mobilize concrete actions aimed at closing economic gender gaps that persist around the world.

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]]> ĢƵ urges concerted action to create a world where women and girls live free from violence /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/11/un-urges-concerted-action-to-create-a-world-where-women-and-girls-live-free-from-violence/ Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:38:09 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=12381 Expressing deep concern about atrocity crimes being committed against women and girls in conflict zones, as well as the domestic abuse found globally, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by urging collective action to end such crimes and “grave threats to progress.”

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]]> ‘Rural women are the backbone of sustainable livelihoods,’ Ban declares on International Day /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/10/rural-women-are-the-backbone-of-sustainable-livelihoods-ban-declares-on-international-day/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:48:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=11449 Marking the International Day of Rural Women, the United Nations today affirmed the role of women as significant and crucial for the progress of rural households, local and national economies.

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]]> On International Day, ĢƵ focuses on adolescent girls as part of ‘relentless’ drive towards equality for all by 2030 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/10/on-international-day-un-focuses-on-adolescent-girls-as-part-of-relentless-drive-towards-equality-for-all-by-2030/ Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:11:46 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=11345 “Our task now is to get to work on meeting the SDG targets and making good on our promises to give girls all the opportunities they deserve as they mature to adulthood by 2030,” said Mr. Ban in his message on the Day, referring to the newly–adopted 2030 Agenda and its landmark 17 Global Goals.

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]]> Experts seek gender-inclusive framework for disaster risk reduction /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/03/gender-inclusive-framework-for-disaster-risk-reduction/ Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:43:57 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=1924 Experts want gender to feature strongly in the final text of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, due to adopted at the Third ĢƵ World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.

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