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HLPF 2019: Mari-Claire Price’s Intervention on UK VNR Report
"Recent evidence from a UN special rapporteur noted the disproportionate impact of UK austerity policies on the poorest, women, people with disabilities, children, ethnic minorities, migrants and [...]
HLPF 2019: Sarankhukhuu Sharavdorj’s Intervention on Mongolia VNR
"What are the VNR follow-up plans of the Government of Mongolia? When will the Government complete defining the targets and indicators to measure the implementation of SDGs? What is the plan of G [...]
HLPF 2019: Marinella Matejčićs Intervention on Croatia VNR
"We further urge the Government to establish specific mechanisms for our networks to input to the monitoring framework". Marinella Matejčić (PaRiter, Croatia) delivered her intervention on behalf [...]
HLPF 2019: Maha’s Islam Intervention on VNR
How does the Government intend to improve access and working conditions for women and those in formal and informal economies, to ensure gainful, safe, and decent employment for all? Maha Islam ( [...]
HLPF 2019: Anne Sizomu’s Intervention on Four Years of VNRs
"Country’s VNR review process should be rooted in the human rights obligations of state, and a strengthened accountable framework within this agenda itself". Anne Sizomu (IPPF, Africa) delivered h [...]
HLPF 2019: Latin America and the Caribbean Civil Society Declaration
"The slogan "DO NOT LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND" must obligatorily include migrants of all ethnic and age groups, as well as Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Trans and Intersex from Latin America and the Caribbe [...]
HLPF 2019: Prameswari Puspa Dewi’s Intervention on Indonesia, Guatemala and Turkey VNR Report
"What is planned to eliminate this de facto context and ensure progress on all SDGs from a gender equality and human rights perspective? What concrete actions, with assigned resources, transparent [...]
South Africa VNR 2019 Parallel Report: Ensuring an Inclusive Reporting Process for HLPF 2019
"The intersectionality that increases people’s vulnerability must be taken account, and the different stressors aggravating already at-risk groups. A human rights perspective and understanding tha [...]
HLPF 2019: Marcela Ballara’s Intervention on VNR for Azerbaijan, Chile, Philippines and Sierra Leone
Governments must guarantee the participation of civil society and other social actors in the elaboration of the national voluntary reviews and the 2030 monitoring process. There are some Sustainab [...]
HLPF 2019: Sylvie Ndongmo’s Intervention on Are We on Track for Mobilizing the Trillions we Need for the SDGs?
Today, there is no country in the world that is free from conflict, because violence against women and girls exists everywhere. Financing for development requires changing the rules of the game fo [...]