Issues
areas which are dealt within in the negotiations on sustainable development, post2030, sustainable development goals, environment, financing for S.D…
HLPF 2017: Hema Wihongi’s QA Response on SDG14 “oceans, sea and marine resources”
"Women’s leadership must be prioritized in local, national, regional, and global discussions and decision making structures directing sustainable uses of ocean systems. Equitable political partici [...]
HLPF 2017: Masina Fusi Tietie’s QA Response to Taking forward the SAMOA Pathway
"Inclusion of SIDS concerns and aims in all UN negotiations must be a priority and as such due time needs to be secured as per the agreed resolutions". Masina 'Fusi" Tietie (YWCA Samoa) delivered [...]
HLPF 2017: Nalini Singh’s remarks as an official speaker at the “Session on Review of SDG 5”
"Systemic and Structural Barriers to Achieving Gender Equality which perpetuate and entrench discrimination against women include: 1. Patriarchy and the rise of authoritarian governance; 2. Milita [...]
HLPF 2017: Esther Kimani’s QA Response on “Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for all at all Ages”
"We cannot achieve the SDGs without a focus on addressing the universal health and rights of all people, particularly women, with a special focus on girls, adolescents, young women and older women [...]
HLPF 2017: Sehnaz Bahçeci’s Intervention as an official speaker on “Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World”
“obscene concentration of wealth” and its structural and systematic drivers is causing exactly the poverty we are trying to eradicate with Agenda 2030, and with women and girls disproportionately [...]
HLPF 2017: Meena Bilgil’s Intervention as Lead Discussant on the Session on SDG5
"Key to transformation is empowerment of small-scale producers including women, youth, indigenous peoples, pastoralists and fishers, who will continue to make up the vast majority of food producer [...]
HLPF 2017: Jo Crawford’s QA Response on “Addressing Multi-Dimensions of Poverty and Inequalities”
"To end poverty everywhere, we need to know who is poor, in what way, to what extent, and then use this information to drive action. This requires data about individuals. We also need to measure a [...]
HLPF 2017: Sai Racherla’s QA Response to “Implementation and Regional and Sub-regional levels”
"The 2030 agenda for sustainable development is well into its implementation, and it is clear from the presentations made by panelists , that processes at sub-regional and regional levels are crit [...]
HLPF 2017: Viva Tatawaqa’s Opening Session Intervention on “Where are we in year two of implementation of the 2030 Agenda?”
"[The HLPF] is where we should ensure that the roles of multiple actors, but particularly those of communities, social movements and civil society are clearly and substantively reflected in the Mi [...]
The Ocean Conference, 2017: 4th plenary meeting Save Our Ocean, Vivienne Solis’s Intervention
"We must join efforts towards the conservation, sustainability and fair use of our ocean resources, defend the Commons, and ensure that we are paying careful attention to social, economic and ecol [...]