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HLPF 2018: Gertrude Kenyangi’s intervention as Lead Discussant on SGD 15
A policy is only as good as its implementation. It is important to ensure that policies translate into practice. The entire value chain, from the global to the national to the grassroots must be [...]
HLPF 2018: Joyce Hamilton’s Review on Leaving No One Behind: are we succeeding?
Patriarchy, colonialism and other systems of oppression reinforce inequalities, deny girls, women, gender non-conforming and trans people their agency and block progress toward achieving sustai [...]
HLPF 2018: Land, Biodiversity, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights
"Laws, policies, programs, and services must fully and intentionally integrate a gender-responsive approach in their formulation and delivery. They must engage and recognize women and indigenous p [...]
HLPF 2018: Sustainable Consumption and Production, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights
Women are exposed are highly vulnerable to hazardous chemicals through products they consume and workplace contamination, which is contributing to the increase of diseases such as breast cancer a [...]
HLPF 2018: Lillian Cueva’s Review on SDG 11: Cities
Unequal structures, including the current economic model, lead to: climate change and ecological degradation; militarization and conflict; unjust ecosystem, financial, trade and investment gove [...]
HLPF 2018: Shaila Shahid as Lead Discussant, SDG 11, Cities
Ensuring girls’ and women’s participation and safety in cities requires a gender transformative approach to achieve systemic change. It includes empowering women and girls, designing future cities [...]
HLPF 2018: Isis Alvarez’s Intervention on Perspectives of LDCs, LLDCs and MICs
Women’s equal participation and leadership in decisions that affect them and their communities is a prerequisite for building resilient societies. Isis Alvarez (GFC, Colombia) delivered her com [...]
Mapping the gap: barriers and opportunities for CS in VNRs
Save the Date! The Women's Major Group invites you to join the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) at the "Mapping the gap: barriers and opportunities for CS in VNRs" [...]
HLPF 2018: Amasai Jeke’s Intervenion on Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies: SIDS perspective
"There is no time to exclude any community, including women of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, our islands are sinking we are literally drowning. Species of all kinds, [...]
HLPF 2018: Cities, Human Settlements, Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights
Human rights obligations, such as under the Convention on the Elimination of all Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) including its general recommendations, must be met at all levels of governmen [...]